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Where does “flaistre” come from?

flaistre (Old French) comes from Latin flaccidus, from Latin flacceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

flaistre (Old French): withered; flaccid; limp; weak; feeble; impotent

Definitions

  1. withered; flaccid; limp; weak; feeble; impotent

Ancestry of “flaistre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflaccidusflaccid, flabby, pendulous; languid, feeble, weak
2Latinflacceō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “flaistre”

  • flétrissement
  • flétrir
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