Where does “raidissement” come from?
raidissement (French) comes from French raidir, from French raide, from Old French roide, from Old French roit, from Latin rigidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
raidissement (French): stiffening; tightening
Ancestry of “raidissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | raidir | stiffen |
| 2 | French | raide | stiff, straight; steep, abrupt; stubborn |
| 3 | Old French | roide | — |
| 4 | Old French | roit | hard |
| 5 | Latin | rigidus | stiff, rigid, hard, inflexible; stern, strict,... |
| 6 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |