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Where does “densité” come from?

densité (French) comes from Middle French densité, from Old French dempsité, from Latin densitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

densité (French): density

Definitions

  1. density

Ancestry of “densité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdensité—
2Old Frenchdempsité—
3Latindensitasthickness; density; abundance
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “densité”

  • surdensité
  • isodensité
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