Where does “wlencu” come from?

wlencu (Old English) comes from Old English -u, from Proto-West Germanic -u, from Veps -uz, from Sicilian -usu, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

wlencu (Old English): pride, high spirit; prideful behavior, such as...

Definitions

  1. pride, high spirit; prideful behavior, such as...

Ancestry of “wlencu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-uending used to form abstract nouns from...
2Proto-West Germanic-uForms the
3Veps-uzForms nouns describing actions or results from verbs
4Sicilian-usuose; -ous
5Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
6Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →