Where does “torpescens” come from?

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

torpescens (Latin): made numb, listless

Definitions

  1. made numb, listless

Ancestry of “torpescens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintorpescoI grow stiff, numb or dull; I become listless,...
2Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
3Proto-Italic-skō—
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “torpescens”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Latin -sco →Every word from Latin torpesco →