Where does “fiktiv” come from?
fiktiv (German) comes from French fictif, from New Latin fictivus, from Latin -ivus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
fiktiv (German): fictional
Ancestry of “fiktiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fictif | fictional |
| 2 | New Latin | fictivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ivus | Adjective suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “fiktiv”