Where does “dormência” come from?
dormência (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dormir, from Old Portuguese dormir, from Latin dormire, from Latin dormio, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.
dormência (Portuguese): dormancy
Ancestry of “dormência”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | dormir | to sleep; to be asleep; to fall asleep; to have a... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | dormir | — |
| 3 | Latin | dormire | present active infinitive of dormiō; to sleep, to... |
| 4 | Latin | dormio | I sleep |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dormiō | to sleep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | drem- | to run |