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Where does “tabesco” come from?

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

tabesco (Latin): I gradually melt or dissolve; I dwindle away,...

Definitions

  1. I gradually melt or dissolve; I dwindle away,...

Ancestry of “tabesco”, 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 “tabesco”

  • tabescent
  • extabescens
  • tabescens
  • extabesco
  • contabesco
  • contabescens
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