Where does “infiltrative” come from?

Infiltrative comes from English infiltrate, derived from Anglo-Norman -if, from Latin -ivus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -wós.

infiltrative (English): That infiltrates

Definitions

  1. That infiltrates

Ancestry of “infiltrative”, 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 “infiltrative”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from English -ive →