Where does “lentic” come from?

lentic (English) comes from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.

lentic (English): Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters

Ancestry of “lentic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlentos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lentos →Every word from Latin lentus →