Where does “lentidão” come from?
lentidão (Portuguese) comes from Latin lentitudo, from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.
lentidão (Portuguese): slowness
Ancestry of “lentidão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lentitudo | sluggishness, dullness; apathy, insensibility |
| 2 | Latin | lentus | sticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lentos | — |