Where does “languid” come from?

Languid comes from Latin languēre meaning to be faint or weak, via Old French langue and Latin lingua meaning tongue, both descended from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

languid (English): Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping...

Definitions

  1. Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping...

Ancestry of “languid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlanguidusfaint, weak, dull, languid; sluggish, slow; ill,...
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “languid”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin languidus →