Where does “tardively” come from?
tardively (English) comes from English tardive, from French tardif, from Old French tardif, from Latin tardīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
tardively (English): In a tardive way
Ancestry of “tardively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tardive | belated |
| 2 | French | tardif | late, belated |
| 3 | Old French | tardif | late; not on time |
| 4 | Latin | tardīvus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |