Where does “piu” come from?

piu (Old French) comes from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “piu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīus—
2Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “piu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Latin -tās →Every word from Latin pīus →
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