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Where does “senesco” come from?

senesco (Latin) comes from Latin seneō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

senesco (Latin): I become aged, grow old, age; I decay or diminish...

Definitions

  1. I become aged, grow old, age; I decay or diminish...

Ancestry of “senesco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseneō—
2Latin-eō—
3Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
4Proto-Italic-ējō—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “senesco”

  • senescent
  • senesce
  • presenescent
  • immunosenescent
  • prosenescent
  • consenescens
  • senesce
  • desenesco
  • senescent
  • desenescens
  • assenescens
  • consenesco
  • senescens
  • assenesco
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