Where does “mitescens” come from?

mitescens (Latin) comes from Latin mitesco, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

mitescens (Latin): becoming mild or mellow; ripening

Definitions

  1. becoming mild or mellow; ripening

Ancestry of “mitescens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmitescoI become mild or mellow; I ripen
2Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →Every word from Latin -ēscō →Every word from Latin mitesco →
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