Where does “elanguescens” come from?
elanguescens (Latin) comes from Latin elanguesco, from Latin languesco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Definitions
Ancestry of “elanguescens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | elanguesco | I grow faint or feeble; I flag; I slacken or... |
| 2 | Latin | languesco | I become faint, weak, languid or sick; I wilt |
| 3 | Latin | -sco | Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -skō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |