Where does “soporific” come from?

soporific (Romanian) comes from French soporifique, from Latin sopōr, from Proto-Indo-European swepōr, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

soporific (Romanian): soporific

Definitions

  1. soporific

Ancestry of “soporific”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoporifiquesoporific; a soporific
2LatinsopōrA deep sleep, sopor; sleep (in general), slumber; catalepsy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswepōr—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swepōr →Every word from Latin sopōr →
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