Where does “parvus” come from?

parvus (Latin) comes from Latin -ior, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

parvus (Latin): small, little, puny; cheap, petty, trifling,...

Definitions

  1. small, little, puny; cheap, petty, trifling,...

Ancestry of “parvus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ior"third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...
2Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “parvus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós