languio

Latin

Etymology

From Classical langueō, with a change in conjugation. Attested in the sixth century CE.[1]

Verb

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

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[2]
  - 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

“languir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
“llanguir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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