Where does “lentous” come from?

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

lentous (English): viscid; viscous; tenacious

Definitions

  1. viscid; viscous; tenacious

Ancestry of “lentous”, step by step

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