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Where does “lacerative” come from?

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

lacerative (Italian): feminine plural of lacerativo

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of lacerativo

Ancestry of “lacerative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlacerativolacerative, lacerating
2Italian-ivoUsed with a stem to form the first-person...
3Latin-īvus—
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →