Where does “senescere” come from?

senescere (Latin) comes from Latin senere, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

senescere (Latin): present active infinitive of senēscō; to grow old

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of senēscō; to grow old

Ancestry of “senescere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsenereto be old
2Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
3Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

Words derived from “senescere

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