Where does “languor” come from?

languor (Latin) comes from Latin langueō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

languor (Latin): faintness, feebleness, languor, apathy

Definitions

  1. faintness, feebleness, languor, apathy

Ancestry of “languor”, step by step

languor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin langueō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlangueōto be faint, weak
2Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

via Latin languēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlanguēre—

Words derived from “languor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin langueō →