Where does “lesivo” come from?

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

lesivo (Portuguese): harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental

Definitions

  1. harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental

Ancestry of “lesivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ivo-ive
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -īvusEvery word from Portuguese -ivo
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