Where does “canescent” come from?
canescent (English) comes from Latin canescens, from Latin canesco, from Latin cāneō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
canescent (English): Turning white or gray; Covered with short white...
Definitions
- Turning white or gray; Covered with short white...
Ancestry of “canescent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | canescens | whitening; covered in white; hoary |
| 2 | Latin | canesco | I whiten, become white; I become grey or hoary; I... |
| 3 | Latin | cāneō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |