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
Ancestry of “desinfektiva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | infektiva | infectious |
| 2 | Ido | -iva | capable of, that can |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |