Where does “tumescent” come from?

tumescent (English) comes from Latin tumescēns, from Latin tumēscō, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

tumescent (English): Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile...

Definitions

  1. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile...

Ancestry of “tumescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintumescēnsswelling (beginning to swell)
2Latintumēscōto begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up
3Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
4Proto-Italic-skō—
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “tumescent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Latin -sco →Every word from Latin tumēscō →