Where does “languir” come from?

languir (French) comes from Old French languir, from Latin languio, from Latin langueō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

languir (French): to languish; to lie torpid; to flag, die down,...

Definitions

  1. to languish; to lie torpid; to flag, die down,...

Ancestry of “languir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlanguirto suffer a long, distressing illness
2LatinlanguioI languish
3Latinlangueōto be faint, weak
4Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin langueō →Every word from Latin languio →