Where does “fictif” come from?

fictif (French) comes from New Latin fictivus, from Latin -ivus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

fictif (French): fictional

Definitions

  1. fictional

Ancestry of “fictif”, step by step

fictif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via New Latin fictivus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinfictivus—
2Latin-ivusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Latin fictus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
2Latinfīgere—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce

Words derived from “fictif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -ivus →Every word from New Latin fictivus →