Where does “lénifiant” come from?
lénifiant (French) comes from Latin lenifians, from Latin lenifacio, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
lénifiant (French): emollient, soothing
Ancestry of “lénifiant”, step by step