Where does “indicative” come from?
indicative (Italian) comes from Italian indicativo, from Italian -ivo, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
indicative (Italian): feminine plural of indicativo
Definitions
- feminine plural of indicativo
Ancestry of “indicative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | indicativo | indicative; approximate |
| 2 | Italian | -ivo | Used with a stem to form the first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | Adjective suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |