Where does “stagnate” come from?

stagnate (English) comes from Latin stagnatus, from Latin stagnō, from Latin stagnum, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂g- — to seep drip; to seep, drip.

stagnate (English): To cease motion, activity, or progress

Definitions

  1. To cease motion, activity, or progress

Ancestry of “stagnate”, step by step

stagnate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin stagnatus

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

via Latin stagnāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstagnāre—

Words derived from “stagnate”

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