Where does “passival” come from?

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

passival (English): An archaic progressive construction in middle...

Definitions

  1. An archaic progressive construction in middle...

Ancestry of “passival”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →