Where does “passiver” come from?

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

passiver (French): to make passive; to passivate

Definitions

  1. to make passive; to passivate

Ancestry of “passiver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpassifthe passive voice; liability; passive
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →
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