Where does “obsordescens” come from?
obsordescens (Latin) comes from Latin obsordesco, from Latin sordesco, from Latin sordeō, from Latin sordes, from Latin sordeo, from Proto-Italic swerdēō, from Proto-Indo-European swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swerd- — dirty, dark, black.
Definitions
Ancestry of “obsordescens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | obsordesco | I become dirty or soiled; I wear out, decrease |
| 2 | Latin | sordesco | I become dirty |
| 3 | Latin | sordeō | to be dirty, filthy or foul |
| 4 | Latin | sordes | dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,... |
| 5 | Latin | sordeo | I am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swerdēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd- | dirty, dark, black |