Where does “tardy” come from?
Tardy comes from Old French tardif, meaning slow, derived from Latin tardus with the suffix -īvus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -wós.
tardy (English): Late; overdue or delayed; Moving with a slow pace...
Definitions
- Late; overdue or delayed; Moving with a slow pace...
Ancestry of “tardy”, 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 | late |
| 5 | Latin | -īvus | Adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “tardy”