Where does “facultatif” come from?

facultatif (French) comes from French -if, from Middle French -if, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

facultatif (French): optional, elective; not mandatory; facultative

Definitions

  1. optional, elective; not mandatory; facultative

Ancestry of “facultatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-if-ive; used in forming adjectives denoting...
2Middle French-if-ive
3Old French-if-ive
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “facultatif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from French -if →