Where does “tardif” come from?

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

tardif (Old French): late; not on time

Definitions

  1. late; not on time

Ancestry of “tardif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintardīvuslate
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “tardif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin tardīvus →