Where does “taxativo” come from?

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

taxativo (Portuguese): categorical, absolute having no exception

Definitions

  1. categorical, absolute having no exception

Ancestry of “taxativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-tivoive adjectival suffix: of the nature of; tending to
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 -tivo
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