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Where does “capacitif” come from?

capacitif (French) comes from French capacité, from Latin capācitās, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

capacitif (French): capacitive

Definitions

  1. capacitive

Ancestry of “capacitif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapacitéskill; capacity; past participle of capaciter
2Latincapācitās—
3Latincapāx—
4Latin-āx—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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