Etymology

relaxer

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Today it means: Any agent that produces relaxation. Full definition →

English relax ← Middle English relaxen ← Latin relaxāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-s-ós
  5. Latinlaxus
  6. Latinlaxō
  7. Latinrelaxāre
  8. Old Frenchrelaxer
  9. Middle Frenchrelaxer
  10. Latinrelaxāre
  11. Middle Englishrelaxen
  12. Englishrelax
  13. English todayrelaxer

From relax + -er.

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