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Where does “subjunctīvus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “subjunctīvus”, step by step

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