Etymology

torpid

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Today it means: unmoving Full definition →

Latin torpidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Proto-Italic *torpēō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terp-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥péh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*torpēō
  4. Latintorpeō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Latintorpidus
  7. English todaytorpid

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

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