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Where does “turgesco” come from?

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

turgesco (Latin): I swell up, begin to swell

Definitions

  1. I swell up, begin to swell

Ancestry of “turgesco”, 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 “turgesco”

  • turgescens
  • turgescent
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