Where does “tardive” come from?

Tardive comes from French tardif, from Old Latin tardīvus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -wós, a suffix forming adjectives.

tardive (English): belated

Definitions

  1. belated

Ancestry of “tardive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtardiflate, belated
2Old Frenchtardiflate; not on time
3Latintardīvuslate
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “tardive”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin tardīvus →