Where does “tardi” come from?
tardi (Norman) comes from Old French tardif, from Latin tardīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
tardi (Norman): late
Ancestry of “tardi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | tardif | late; not on time |
| 2 | Latin | tardīvus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |