Where does “tumescence” come from?
tumescence (English) comes from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns, from Latin tumēscō, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
tumescence (English): A swelling due to the presence of fluid; A...
Definitions
- A swelling due to the presence of fluid; A...
Ancestry of “tumescence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tumescence | tumescence |
| 2 | Latin | tumescēns | swelling (beginning to swell) |
| 3 | Latin | tumēscō | to begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up |
| 4 | Latin | -sco | Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -skō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |