Where does “tardiv” come from?

tardiv (Romanian) comes from French tardif, from Old French tardif, from Latin tardīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

tardiv (Romanian): late

Definitions

  1. late

Ancestry of “tardiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtardiflate, belated
2Old Frenchtardiflate; not on time
3Latintardīvuslate
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “tardiv”

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