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Where does “-yf” come from?

-yf (Middle English) comes from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

-yf (Middle English): A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and...

Definitions

  1. A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and...

Ancestry of “-yf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-if-ive
2Latin-īvus—
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-yf”

  • healthy
  • sympathy
  • crazy
  • funny
  • sympathetic
  • Jimmy
  • respiratory
  • statutory
  • Johnny
  • gloomy
  • Tommy
  • rocky
  • fatty
  • Bobby
  • lengthy
  • noisy
  • fuzzy
  • risky
  • muddy
  • icy
  • rosy
  • shiny
  • wary
  • sleepy
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