Where does “vomitif” come from?

vomitif (French) comes 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.

vomitif (French): vomitive, emetic

Definitions

  1. vomitive, emetic

Ancestry of “vomitif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-if-ive; used in forming adjectives denoting...
2Middle French-if-ive
3Old French-if-ive
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vomitif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from French -if →
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