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Where does “durmiente” come from?

durmiente (Spanish) comes from Spanish dormir, from Old Spanish dormir, from Latin dormiō, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

durmiente (Spanish): sleeping, who sleeps; dormant; sleeper

Definitions

  1. sleeping, who sleeps; dormant; sleeper

Ancestry of “durmiente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdormirto sleep; to fall asleep; to die; to rest in...
2Old Spanishdormir—
3Latindormiō—
4Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →