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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

Definitions

  1. festive; holiday

Ancestry of “festivo”, step by step

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