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Where does “silencieux” come from?

silencieux (Norman) comes from French silencieux, from Latin silentiosus, from Latin silentium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

silencieux (Norman): silent

Definitions

  1. silent

Ancestry of “silencieux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsilencieuxsilent; quiet; silencer, suppressor
2Latinsilentiosussilent, voiceless, noiseless; quiet,...
3Latinsilentiumsilence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness;...
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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