Where does “-ivo” come from?

-ivo (Italian) comes from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

-ivo (Italian): Used with a stem to form the first-person...

Definitions

  1. Used with a stem to form the first-person...

Ancestry of “-ivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
2Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
3Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ivo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -īvusEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós
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