Where does “tardif” come from?

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

tardif (French): late, belated

Definitions

  1. late, belated

Ancestry of “tardif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtardiflate; not on time
2Latintardīvuslate
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “tardif”

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