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Where does “cofleși” come from?

cofleși (Romanian) comes from Latin conflexire, from Latin flexus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cofleși (Romanian): to soften, go bad

Definitions

  1. to soften, go bad

Ancestry of “cofleși”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinconflexire—
2Latinflexusa bending, turning, winding; a transition,...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →