Where does “fēstīvus” come from?

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

fēstīvus (Latin): lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry

Definitions

  1. lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry

Ancestry of “fēstīvus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
2Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
3Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “fēstīvus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós →