Where does “lente” come from?

lente (Norman) comes from Norman lent, from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.

lente (Norman): feminine singular of lent

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of lent

Ancestry of “lente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanlentslow
2Latinlentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlentos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lentos →Every word from Latin lentus →Every word from Norman lent →