Where does “diligenter” come from?
diligenter (Latin) comes from Latin -ter, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
diligenter (Latin): diligently, carefully
Ancestry of “diligenter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | -ter | -ly |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |