Where does “languir” come from?

languir (Old French) comes from Latin languio, from Latin langueō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

languir (Old French): to suffer a long, distressing illness

Definitions

  1. to suffer a long, distressing illness

Ancestry of “languir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlanguioI languish
2Latinlangueōto be faint, weak
3Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Words derived from “languir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin langueō →Every word from Latin languio →