languio

Latin

Etymology

From Classical langueō, with a change in conjugation. Attested in the sixth century CE.

Verb

languiō (present infinitive languīre, perfect active languīvī, supine languītum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

1. to languish

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: languire

    ⇒ slanguirsi (Ancona)

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: lambrire
• North Italian:
  • ⇒ Old Lombard: slanguir
  • Piedmontese: langhì
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: languir
    • French: languir
    • → Middle English: languysshen
      • English: languish
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: languir
    • Catalan: llanguir
  • Occitan: languir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: languir
  • Spanish: languidecer

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “languēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 162