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Where does “macilento” come from?

macilento (Italian) comes from Latin macilentus, from Latin -ilentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

macilento (Italian): haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly

Definitions

  1. haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly

Ancestry of “macilento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmacilentuslean, thin, meagre
2Latin-ilentusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
4Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
5Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
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