Where does “parvo-” come from?

parvo- (English) comes from Latin parvus, from Latin -ior, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

parvo- (English): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “parvo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparvussmall, little, puny; cheap, petty, trifling,...
2Latin-ior"third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “parvo-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →Every word from Latin -ior →