Where does “festivo” come from?
festivo (Spanish) comes from Latin fēstīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
festivo (Spanish): festive; holiday
Ancestry of “festivo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | fēstīvus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |