Where does “ralentissement” come from?

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

ralentissement (French): deceleration, slowing down; traffic jam

Definitions

  1. deceleration, slowing down; traffic jam

Ancestry of “ralentissement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchralentirto slow down; to abate
2Frenchalentirto slow down
3Frenchlentslow
4Italianlentoslow
5Spanishlentoslow
6Galician-ura-ness
7Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
8Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

Words derived from “ralentissement

Every word from Latin -tūraEvery word from Galician -uraEvery word from Spanish lento
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