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Where does “subjunctively” come from?

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

subjunctively (English): In a subjunctive manner

Definitions

  1. In a subjunctive manner

Ancestry of “subjunctively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubjunctiveInflected to indicate that an act or state of...
2Latinsubjunctīvus—
3Latin-īvus—
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →