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Where does “-entus” come from?

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

-entus (Latin): adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...

Definitions

  1. adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...

Ancestry of “-entus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
2Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “-entus”

  • violence
  • violent
  • violently
  • turbulent
  • fraudulent
  • turbulence
  • pestilence
  • virulent
  • nonviolent
  • opulent
  • opulence
  • succulent
  • nonviolence
  • purulent
  • fraudulently
  • corpulent
  • truculent
  • pestilent
  • somnolent
  • virulently
  • unguent
  • truculently
  • esculent
  • mucopurulent
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