Where does “-ivus” come from?

-ivus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

-ivus (Latin): Adjective suffix

Definitions

  1. Adjective suffix

Ancestry of “-ivus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
2Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ivus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →