Where does “mediopassivo” come from?

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

mediopassivo (Italian): mediopassive

Definitions

  1. mediopassive

Ancestry of “mediopassivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpassivopassive; passive voice; liabilities
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →