Where does “positiv” come from?

positiv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French positif, from Latin posītivus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

positiv (Norwegian Bokmål): positive

Definitions

  1. positive

Ancestry of “positiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpositifpositive; positive or zero. nonnegative;...
2Latinposītivuspositive
3Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “positiv”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →