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Where does “decisivo” come from?

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

decisivo (Italian): decisive; deciding

Definitions

  1. decisive; deciding

Ancestry of “decisivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ivoUsed with a stem to form the first-person...
2Latin-īvus—
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “decisivo”

  • decisivamente
  • decisive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →