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Where does “paresseux” come from?

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

paresseux (French): lazy; lazy person; slacker; a sloth

Definitions

  1. lazy; lazy person; slacker; a sloth

Ancestry of “paresseux”, step by step

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

Words derived from “paresseux”

  • paresseusement
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