Where does “marcescent” come from?
marcescent (English) comes from Latin marcescens, from Latin marcesco, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
marcescent (English): Withered, but still attached; Able to revive when...
Definitions
- Withered, but still attached; Able to revive when...
Ancestry of “marcescent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | marcescens | weakening, wasting, decaying |
| 2 | Latin | marcesco | I begin to wither, pine away; I grew feeble; I... |
| 3 | Latin | marceō | — |
| 4 | Latin | Mārtius | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |