Where does “lascivo” come from?

lascivo (Portuguese) comes from Latin lascivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

lascivo (Portuguese): lewd, lascivious

Definitions

  1. lewd, lascivious

Ancestry of “lascivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlascivuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious,...
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “lascivo”

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