English
torpidness
From torpid + -ness.
Formed from torpid + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *terp- ‘to satisfy’
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥péh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *torpēō
Latin torpeō ‘to be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless’
Latin torpidus ‘tired, numb’
English torpid
Today it means
noun torpor; torpidity
Sources
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