Where does “lingerer” come from?

lingerer (Latin) comes from Latin lingo, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

lingerer (Latin): first-person singular imperfect passive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular imperfect passive...

Ancestry of “lingerer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlingoI lick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →