Where does “punitivo” come from?

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

punitivo (Italian): punitive

Definitions

  1. punitive

Ancestry of “punitivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ivoUsed with a stem to form the first-person...
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “punitivo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Italian -ivo →