Where does “passief” come from?

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

passief (Dutch): passive not active, but acted upon

Definitions

  1. passive not active, but acted upon

Ancestry of “passief”, 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 “passief”

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