Where does “dormant” come from?

Dormant comes from Latin dormiens, the present participle of dormio meaning to sleep, from Proto-Italic dormiō and Proto-Indo-European drem-.

dormant (English): Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended; In a...

Definitions

  1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended; In a...

Ancestry of “dormant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindormiēnssleeping
2Latindormiōto sleep
3Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

Words derived from “dormant

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem-