somnolent

/ˈsɒmnələnt/ · adj

Meaning

Drowsy or sleepy.
Causing literal or figurative sleepiness.

Etymology / origin

First attested in 1615. Borrowed from French somnolent, from Old French sompnolent, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus (“sleep”).

somnolentus(Latin)→
sompnolent(fro)→
somnolent(French)→
*swep-(ine-pro)→
somnolent (English)
Relations: root, bor, der, der

Related words

*swep-(ine-pro)somnolent(French)sompnolent(fro)somnolentus(Latin)somnoliento(Spanish)

Descendant words

somnoliento(Spanish) (cog)

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