Where does “passiu” come from?

passiu (Catalan) comes from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

passiu (Catalan): passive

Definitions

  1. passive

Ancestry of “passiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “passiu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →