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Where does “marcens” come from?

marcens (Latin) comes from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

marcens (Latin): drooling, lolling

Definitions

  1. drooling, lolling

Ancestry of “marcens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmarceō—
2LatinMārtius—
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →