Where does “stagnant” come from?

Stagnant comes from French stagnant, from Latin stagnans (standing still), derived from Latin stagnum (pool or pond) with the Latin -us suffix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sth₂gʰ-nó-s through Proto-Italic -os.

stagnant (English): Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying...

Definitions

  1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying...

Ancestry of “stagnant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstagnantpresent participle of stagner; stagnant
2Latinstagnansstagnating
3Latinstagnōto cover the land as a lake; to become a pool; to stagnate
4Latinstagnumpond, swamp, fen; any piece of standing water;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂g-to seep drip; to seep, drip

Words derived from “stagnant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂g- →Every word from Latin stagnum →Every word from Latin stagnō →