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Where does “senesce” come from?

senesce (English) comes from Latin senesco, from Latin seneō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

senesce (English): To grow older; to reach maturity

Definitions

  1. To grow older; to reach maturity

Ancestry of “senesce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsenescoI become aged, grow old, age; I decay or diminish...
2Latinseneō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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