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Where does “surdesco” come from?

surdesco (Latin) comes from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Ancestry of “surdesco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
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