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