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Where does “morosity” come from?

morosity (English) comes from French morosité, from Latin morositas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

morosity (English): The quality or state of being morose

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being morose

Ancestry of “morosity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmorositégloom; gloom and doom; gloominess; morosity
2Latinmorositaspeevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom,...
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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