Where does “tardiv” come from?

tardiv (Maltese) comes from Italian tardivo, from Latin tardīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

tardiv (Maltese): mentally retarded, intellectually disabled

Definitions

  1. mentally retarded, intellectually disabled

Ancestry of “tardiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantardivolate; belated, tardy; tardive
2Latintardīvuslate
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 tardīvus →