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Where does “frăgezi” come from?

frăgezi (Romanian) comes from Romanian fraged, from Latin fracidus, from Latin fraceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

frăgezi (Romanian): to become tender, frail, fragile, soft

Definitions

  1. to become tender, frail, fragile, soft

Ancestry of “frăgezi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfragedtender, delicate, frail, fragile, soft; unripe,...
2Latinfracidusrotten, overripe
3Latinfraceō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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