Where does “passiv” come from?

passiv (Maltese) comes from Italian passivo, from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

passiv (Maltese): passive

Definitions

  1. passive

Ancestry of “passiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpassivopassive; passive voice; liabilities
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →