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Where does “morosité” come from?

morosité (French) comes from Latin morositas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

morosité (French): gloom; gloom and doom; gloominess; morosity

Definitions

  1. gloom; gloom and doom; gloominess; morosity

Ancestry of “morosité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorositaspeevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom,...
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “morosité”

  • morosity
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