Where does “facultative” come from?

facultative (English) comes from French facultatif, from French -if, from Middle French -if, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

facultative (English): Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental...

Ancestry of “facultative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfacultatifoptional, elective; not mandatory; facultative
2French-if-ive; used in forming adjectives denoting...
3Middle French-if-ive
4Old French-if-ive
5Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “facultative”

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