Where does “torpids” come from?
torpids (English) comes from English torpid, from French torpide, from Latin torpidus, from Latin torpere, from Latin torpeo, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
torpids (English): A series of annual boat races held at Oxford...
Definitions
- A series of annual boat races held at Oxford...
Ancestry of “torpids”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | torpid | unmoving; dormant or hibernating; lazy, lethargic... |
| 2 | French | torpide | — |
| 3 | Latin | torpidus | benumbed, stupefied, torpid |
| 4 | Latin | torpere | present active infinitive of torpeō; to be numb;... |
| 5 | Latin | torpeo | I am stiff, numb, torpid or motionless; I am... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |