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Where does “ahorrativo” come from?

ahorrativo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ivo, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ahorrativo (Spanish): thrifty, frugal, economic, economical

Definitions

  1. thrifty, frugal, economic, economical

Ancestry of “ahorrativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ivo-ive
2Latin-īvus—
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →