canesco

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Latin

Etymology

From cāneō (I am white) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cānēscō (present infinitive cānēscere, perfect active cānuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to whiten, become white
  2. to become grey or hoary
  3. (figuratively) to grow old

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Descendants

  • Asturian: canecer
  • French: chancir
  • Spanish: canecer

References

  • canesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • canesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.