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Where does “appetent” come from?

appetent (English) comes from Latin appetens, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

appetent (English): eagerly desirous

Definitions

  1. eagerly desirous

Ancestry of “appetent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappetensstriving for; assaulting, assailing; approaching
2Latinappetō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →