Where does “-if” come from?

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

-if (Middle French): -ive

Definitions

  1. -ive

Ancestry of “-if”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-if”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →