Where does “obsolere” come from?
obsolere (Latin) comes from Latin solere, from Latin suesco, from Proto-Indo-European swe-dʰh₁-sk-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
obsolere (Latin): to wear out, decay
Definitions
- to wear out, decay
Ancestry of “obsolere”, step by step
obsolere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin solere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | solere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 2 | Latin | suesco | I become used or accustomed to; I accustom,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |