English
jacent
Jacent comes from Latin jacens ‘being sick, dying, lying down’, and goes back to jaceō ‘to lie’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjaceōas jacere, present participle‘to lie’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEjacens‘being sick, dying, lying down’
- Englishtodayjacent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjaceōas jacere, present participle‘to lie’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEjacens‘being sick, dying, lying down’
- Englishtodayjacent
Every English word from Latin jaceō
Today it means
adj Lying stretched out.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin jaceō / jacent