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Where does “passivoida” come from?

passivoida (Finnish) comes from Finnish passiivi, from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

passivoida (Finnish): to make passive; to passivate

Definitions

  1. to make passive; to passivate

Ancestry of “passivoida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpassiivipassive voice; fourth person
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvus—
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “passivoida”

  • passivoitua
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →