Where does “punitive” come from?
punitive (Italian) comes from Italian punitivo, from Italian -ivo, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
punitive (Italian): feminine plural of punitivo
Definitions
- feminine plural of punitivo
Ancestry of “punitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | punitivo | punitive |
| 2 | Italian | -ivo | Used with a stem to form the first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |