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Where does “gangrenescent” come from?

gangrenescent (English) comes from English -escent, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

gangrenescent (English): Tending towards mortification or gangrene

Definitions

  1. Tending towards mortification or gangrene

Ancestry of “gangrenescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-escentbeginning to be; becoming; resembling
2Latin-escens—
3Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
4Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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