Where does “feminino” come from?

feminino (Galician) comes from Latin fēminīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

feminino (Galician): feminine, womanly; feminine

Definitions

  1. feminine, womanly; feminine

Ancestry of “feminino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfēminīnusfeminine
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “feminino”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin fēminīnus →