Where does “desinfektiva” come from?

desinfektiva (Ido) comes from Ido infektiva, from Ido -iva, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

desinfektiva (Ido): disinfectant

Definitions

  1. disinfectant

Ancestry of “desinfektiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoinfektivainfectious
2Ido-ivacapable of, that can
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Ido -iva →