Where does “flétrissement” come from?
flétrissement (French) comes from French flétrir, from Old French flaistre, from Latin flaccidus, from Latin flacceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
flétrissement (French): withering, wilting, fading
Definitions
- withering, wilting, fading
Ancestry of “flétrissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | flétrir | to wither; to wither, wilt, shrivel; to brand |
| 2 | Old French | flaistre | withered; flaccid; limp; weak; feeble; impotent |
| 3 | Latin | flaccidus | flaccid, flabby, pendulous; languid, feeble, weak |
| 4 | Latin | flacceō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |