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
Ancestry of “tardive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tardif | late, belated |
| 2 | Old French | tardif | late; not on time |
| 3 | Latin | tardīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “tardive”