Where does “tentativa” come from?
tentativa (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tentativo, from Latin tentativus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
tentativa (Portuguese): attempt, trial, experiment; feminine singular of...
Definitions
- attempt, trial, experiment; feminine singular of...
Ancestry of “tentativa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tentativo | tentative |
| 2 | Latin | tentativus | trying, testing |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |