Where does “passivo” come from?

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

passivo (Italian): passive; passive voice; liabilities

Definitions

  1. passive; passive voice; liabilities

Ancestry of “passivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “passivo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →
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