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desinentia.

inflection;

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[deː.sɪˈnɛn.ti.a]Classical-Latin[de.s̬iˈnɛn.t͡si.a]

  1. ending, cessation, termination

    Medieval-Latin · declension-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Latin sinō Latin dēsinōder. Latin dēsinens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin desinentia dēsinens (“desisting”, oblique stem: dēsinent-) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

verb[deː.sɪˈnɛn.ti.a]Classical-Latin[de.s̬iˈnɛn.t͡si.a]

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter of dēsinēns

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · participle · plural · vocative
Where this word comes from

Regularly declined forms of dēsinēns.

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