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Where does “expallesco” come from?

expallesco (Latin) comes from Latin pallesco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

expallesco (Latin): I grow very pale; I dread

Definitions

  1. I grow very pale; I dread

Ancestry of “expallesco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpallescoI grow pale
2Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
3Proto-Italic-skō—
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “expallesco”

  • expallescens
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