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Where does “tempestivitas” come from?

tempestivitas (Latin) comes from Latin tempestīvus, from Latin tempestās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “tempestivitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintempestīvus—
2Latintempestās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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