Where does “indolently” come from?
Indolently comes from English indolent, from French indolent, from Latin indolentem, combining Latin in- and Latin dolēns, meaning not feeling pain or suffering.
indolently (English): In an indolent manner
Definitions
- In an indolent manner
Ancestry of “indolently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indolent | Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to... |
| 2 | French | indolent | indolent all senses |
| 3 | Latin | indolentem | accusative singular masculine/feminine of... |
| 4 | Latin | indolens | unsuffering, not suffering or hurting |
| 5 | French | indolence | insensibility, lack of pain; laziness, indolence |
| 6 | Latin | indolentia | freedom from pain, insensibility;... |
| 7 | Latin | dolēns | hurting, suffering |
| 8 | Latin | doleō | to hurt, suffer (physical pain) |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | doleō | hurt, cause pain |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dolh₁éyeti | divide |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | delh₁- | to split, divide |