Where does “niveo” come from?

niveo (Italian) comes from Latin niveus, from Latin nix, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

niveo (Italian): snow-white, snowy, niveous; snowy, covered in...

Definitions

  1. snow-white, snowy, niveous; snowy, covered in...

Ancestry of “niveo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinniveussnow; snowy; snow-white
2Latinnixsnow; white hair
3Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
4Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “niveo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →