Where does “optativo” come from?

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

optativo (Portuguese): optional left to personal choice

Definitions

  1. optional left to personal choice

Ancestry of “optativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoptātīvusoptative
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin optātīvus →