Where does “languor” come from?
Languor comes from Middle English langour, from Middle French langour, from Old French languerer and Old French langueur, meaning a state of physical or mental weakness.
languor (English): A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion...
Definitions
- A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion...
Ancestry of “languor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | langore | languor |
| 2 | Middle French | languer | — |
| 3 | Old French | langueur | disease, illness; suffering; emotional fatigue,... |
| 4 | Latin | languor | faintness, feebleness, languor, apathy |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |