Where does “passiv” come from?

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

passiv (Danish): passive; bottom; passive voice

Definitions

  1. passive; bottom; passive voice

Ancestry of “passiv”, 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 “passiv”

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