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.
ralentir (French): to slow down; to abate
Ancestry of “ralentir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | alentir | to slow down |
| 2 | French | lent | slow |
| 3 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 4 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 5 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 6 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | -tūra | — |
Words derived from “ralentir”