Where does “lasciva” come from?

lasciva (Esperanto) comes from Latin lascivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

lasciva (Esperanto): lascivious

Definitions

  1. lascivious

Ancestry of “lasciva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlascivuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious,...
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin lascivus →