Where does “instructive” come from?

instructive (French) comes from French instructif, 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.

instructive (French): feminine singular of instructif

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of instructif

Ancestry of “instructive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinstructifinstructive; instructive, instructive case
2French-if-ive; used in forming adjectives denoting...
3Middle French-if-ive
4Old French-if-ive
5Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from French -if →