Where does “rigescent” come from?

rigescent (English) comes from Latin rigescens, from Latin rigesco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

rigescent (English): Growing stiff or numb

Definitions

  1. Growing stiff or numb

Ancestry of “rigescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrigescens
2LatinrigescoI stiffen, harden; I grow numb
3Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
4Proto-Italic-skō—
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Latin -sco →Every word from Latin rigesco →
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