Where does “negatív” come from?
negatív (Hungarian) comes from Medieval Latin negativus, from Latin -ivus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
negatív (Hungarian): negative; mould
Ancestry of “negatív”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | negativus | that which denies; denied, negative, that which... |
| 2 | Latin | -ivus | Adjective suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “negatív”