Etymology

dormant

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Today it means: Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. Full definition →

Latin dormiēns
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  1. Latin · derived fromdormiēns
  2. English todaydormant

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).

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