Where does “-vus” come from?

-vus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

-vus (Latin): Alternative form of -uus

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -uus

Ancestry of “-vus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*-wos—
2Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-vus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Italic *-wos →