Where does “stagnant” come from?

stagnant (Romanian) comes from French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, from Latin stagnō, from Latin stagnum, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂g- — to seep drip; to seep, drip.

stagnant (Romanian): stagnant

Definitions

stagnant

Ancestry of “stagnant”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	stagnant	present participle of stagner; stagnant
2	Latin	stagnans	stagnating
3	Latin	stagnō	to cover the land as a lake; to become a pool; to stagnate
4	Latin	stagnum	pond, swamp, fen; any piece of standing water;...
5	Proto-Indo-European	steh₂g-	to seep drip; to seep, drip

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂g- →Every word from Latin stagnum →Every word from Latin stagnō →