Where does “desentumecer” come from?
desentumecer (Spanish) comes from Spanish entumecer, from Latin intumescere, from Latin intumesco, from Latin tumesco, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
desentumecer (Spanish): to loosen up
Definitions
- to loosen up
Ancestry of “desentumecer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | entumecer | to numb |
| 2 | Latin | intumescere | present active infinitive of intumēscō |
| 3 | Latin | intumesco | I become swollen; I rise |
| 4 | Latin | tumesco | I begin to swell, become distended or inflated,... |
| 5 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 6 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |