Where does “evaporative” come from?

Evaporative comes from Latin evaporatus, the past participle of evaporare, formed with the Latin suffix -ivus, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós and -wós.

evaporative (English): Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by...

Ancestry of “evaporative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iveAn adjective suffix signifying relating or...
2Middle English-yfA suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and...
3Old French-if-ive
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “evaporative

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -īvusEvery word from English -ive
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