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Where does “marcescibile” come from?

marcescibile (Italian) comes from Latin marcesco, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

marcescibile (Italian): liable to rot or decay

Definitions

  1. liable to rot or decay

Ancestry of “marcescibile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmarcescoI begin to wither, pine away; I grew feeble; I...
2Latinmarceō—
3LatinMārtius—
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →