Where does “lentitude” come from?
lentitude (English) comes from Latin lentitudo, from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.
lentitude (English): Slowness; sluggishness
Ancestry of “lentitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lentitudo | sluggishness, dullness; apathy, insensibility |
| 2 | Latin | lentus | sticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lentos | — |