Where does “ralentir” come from?

ralentir (French) comes from French alentir, from French lent, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

ralentir (French): to slow down; to abate

Definitions

  1. to slow down; to abate

Ancestry of “ralentir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalentirto slow down
2Frenchlentslow
3Italianlentoslow
4Spanishlentoslow
5Galician-ura-ness
6Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
7Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

Words derived from “ralentir”

Every word from Latin -tūra →Every word from Galician -ura →Every word from Spanish lento →