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Where does “tentativus” come from?

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

tentativus (Latin): trying, testing

Definitions

  1. trying, testing

Ancestry of “tentativus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tentativus”

  • tentative
  • tentatively
  • tentativeness
  • pretentative
  • tentativo
  • tentativo
  • tentatif
  • tentativa
  • tentativo
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