Etymology

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Today it means: A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation. Full definition →

Latin aestīvātiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromaestīvō, aestīvāre“to spend or pass the summer in a place”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromaestīvātiō
  3. English todayaestivation

Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.

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