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Where does “canescens” come from?

canescens (Latin) comes from Latin canesco, from Latin cāneō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

canescens (Latin): whitening; covered in white; hoary

Definitions

  1. whitening; covered in white; hoary

Ancestry of “canescens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincanescoI whiten, become white; I become grey or hoary; I...
2Latincāneō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “canescens”

  • canescent
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