Where does “marchitamiento” come from?

marchitamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish marchitar, from Spanish marchito, from Mozarabic marčiṭ[o], from Vulgar Latin marcitus, from Italian marcire, from Italian marcio, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

marchitamiento (Spanish): withering; wilting

Definitions

  1. withering; wilting

Ancestry of “marchitamiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmarchitarto wilt; to wither, to wilt, to shrivel, to fade
2Spanishmarchitowilted, faded
3Mozarabicmarčiṭ[o]
4Vulgar Latinmarcitus
5Italianmarcireto rot; to rot, fester or go bad, putrefy
6Italianmarciofirst-person singular present indicative of...
7Latinmarceōto wither, droop, shrink, shrivel
8LatinMārtiusof or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós