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Where does “paresseusement” come from?

paresseusement (French) comes from French paresseux, from French paresse, from Old French peresce, from Latin pigritia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

paresseusement (French): lazily; sluggishly

Definitions

  1. lazily; sluggishly

Ancestry of “paresseusement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparesseuxlazy; lazy person; slacker; a sloth
2Frenchparesselaziness; first-person singular present...
3Old Frenchperescelaziness
4Latinpigritiasloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence
5Latin-itia-ness, -ity
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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