Where does “optatif” come from?

optatif (French) comes from Latin optātīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

optatif (French): optative

Definitions

  1. optative

Ancestry of “optatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoptātīvusoptative
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “optatif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin optātīvus →