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Where does “dormiō” come from?

dormiō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dormiō (Proto-Italic): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “dormiō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

Words derived from “dormiō”

  • dormant
  • dormitory
  • dormer
  • dorter
  • dormered
  • dormitive
  • nondormant
  • reredorter
  • nondormitory
  • interdormitory
  • dortoir
  • dorveille
  • obdormio
  • dormiens
  • edormiens
  • edormiscens
  • addormiens
  • addormiendus
  • addormiscens
  • dormio
  • condormisco
  • edormisco
  • perdormisco
  • dormisco
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →