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Where does “rigesco” come from?

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

rigesco (Latin): I stiffen, harden; I grow numb

Definitions

  1. I stiffen, harden; I grow numb

Ancestry of “rigesco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
2Proto-Italic-skō—
3Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “rigesco”

  • rigescent
  • rigescens
  • rigescent
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