Where does “stagnation” come from?
Stagnation comes from Latin stagnatus, the past participle of stagno, derived from stagnum meaning standing water or pool, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sth₂gʰ-nó-s with the adjectival suffix -ós.
stagnation (English): inactivity; being stagnant; being without...
Definitions
- inactivity; being stagnant; being without...
Ancestry of “stagnation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stagnate | To cease motion, activity, or progress |
| 2 | Latin | stagnatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | stagnō | — |
| 4 | Latin | stagnum | pond, swamp, fen; any piece of standing water;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂g- | to seep drip; to seep, drip |