Where does “фиктивный” come from?

фиктивный (Russian) comes from German fiktiv, from French fictif, from New Latin fictivus, from Latin -ivus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

фиктивный (Russian): fictional, fictitious; forged, counterfeit, fake,...

Definitions

  1. fictional, fictitious; forged, counterfeit, fake,...

Ancestry of “фиктивный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfiktivfictional
2Frenchfictiffictional
3New Latinfictivus—
4Latin-ivusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -ivus →Every word from New Latin fictivus →