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Where does “lasciviosus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lasciviosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlascīvia—
2Latinlascivuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious,...
3Latin-īvus—
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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