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- Latin · borrowed fromstāgnātus
- English todaystagnate
Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).
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stagnate
Today it means: To cease to flow or run. Full definition →
Latin stāgnātus