Where does “lentitude” come from?

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

lentitude (English): Slowness; sluggishness

Definitions

  1. Slowness; sluggishness

Ancestry of “lentitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlentitudosluggishness, dullness; apathy, insensibility
2Latinlentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlentos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lentos →Every word from Latin lentus →Every word from Latin lentitudo →
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