Etymology

stagnant

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Today it means: Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness. Full definition →

French stagnant ← Latin stagnans
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  1. Latin · derived fromstagnans
  2. French · borrowed fromstagnant
  3. English todaystagnant

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

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