Where does “volitive” come from?

volitive (English) comes from Latin volitivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

volitive (English): Of or pertaining the will or volition; In the...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining the will or volition; In the...

Ancestry of “volitive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolitivus—
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “volitive”

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