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Where does “rigescens” come from?

rigescens (Latin) comes from Latin rigesco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Definitions

Ancestry of “rigescens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrigescoI stiffen, harden; I grow numb
2Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
3Proto-Italic-skō—
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “rigescens”

  • rigescent
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