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.
ralentissement (French): deceleration, slowing down; traffic jam
Definitions
- deceleration, slowing down; traffic jam
Ancestry of “ralentissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ralentir | to slow down; to abate |
| 2 | French | alentir | to slow down |
| 3 | French | lent | slow |
| 4 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 5 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 6 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 7 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | -tūra | — |