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Where does “turgescent” come from?

turgescent (French) comes from Latin turgescens, from Latin turgesco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

turgescent (French): turgescent

Definitions

  1. turgescent

Ancestry of “turgescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinturgescens
2LatinturgescoI swell up, begin to swell
3Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
4Proto-Italic-skō—
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
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