Where does “optativus” come from?

optativus (Dutch) comes from Latin optātīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

optativus (Dutch): the optative mood or a word therein

Definitions

  1. the optative mood or a word therein

Ancestry of “optativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoptātīvusoptative
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin optātīvus →
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