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Where does “intumescere” come from?

intumescere (Latin) comes from Latin intumesco, from Latin tumesco, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

intumescere (Latin): present active infinitive of intumēscō

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of intumēscō

Ancestry of “intumescere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinintumescoI become swollen; I rise
2LatintumescoI begin to swell, become distended or inflated,...
3Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
4Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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