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Where does “subjunctivization” come from?

subjunctivization (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.

subjunctivization (English): The process of subjunctivizing

Definitions

  1. The process of subjunctivizing

Ancestry of “subjunctivization”, 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 →