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Where does “espés” come from?

espés (Middle French) comes from Old French espés, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European spidtos.

espés (Middle French): thick

Definitions

  1. thick

Ancestry of “espés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchespésthick
2Latinspissusthick, close, compact, dense, crowded; slow,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspidtos—

Words derived from “espés”

  • épais
  • épaissement
  • épaississement
  • épaissir
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