Where does “alentir” come from?

alentir (French) comes from French lent, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

alentir (French): to slow down

Definitions

  1. to slow down

Ancestry of “alentir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlentslow
2Italianlentoslow
3Spanishlentoslow
4Galician-ura-ness
5Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
6Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

Words derived from “alentir

Every word from Latin -tūraEvery word from Galician -uraEvery word from Spanish lento
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