Where does “preventive” come from?
preventive (Italian) comes from Italian preventivo, from Latin praeventus, from Latin praeveniō, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
preventive (Italian): feminine plural of preventivo
Definitions
- feminine plural of preventivo
Ancestry of “preventive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | preventivo | preventive, preemptive; prior; An estimate, a... |
| 2 | Latin | praeventus | anticipated |
| 3 | Latin | praeveniō | to anticipate |
| 4 | Latin | veniō | to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |