Where does “pasywnie” come from?

pasywnie (Polish) comes from Polish pasywny, from French passif, from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

pasywnie (Polish): passively

Definitions

  1. passively

Ancestry of “pasywnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpasywnypassive
2Frenchpassifthe passive voice; liability; passive
3Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →