The noun is derived from Middle English langore , langour ( “ disease, illness; misery, sadness; suffering; condition or event causing sadness, suffering, etc.; unwholesomeness; idleness, inertia; depression, self-disgust; expression of grief ” ) [ and other forms ] , from Middle French languer , langueur , langour , and Anglo-Norman langor , langour , langur , Old French langueur , languour ( “ disease, illness; suffering; emotional fatigue, sadness; listlessness; stagnation ” ) (modern French langueur ( “ languor ” ) ), and from their etymon Latin languor ( “ faintness, feebleness; languor; apathy ” ) , from languēre , the present active infinitive of langueō ( “ to feel faint or weak; ( figurative ) to be idle, inactive; to be listless ” ) , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * (s)leg- , * (s)leh₁g- . The English word is cognate with Catalan llangor , Italian languore ( “ faintness, weakness; languor ” ) , langore ( obsolete ) , Old Occitan langor (modern Occitan langor ), Portuguese langor , languor ( obsolete ) , Spanish langor .
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The verb is derived from Middle English langouren ( “ to be ill; to languish, suffer; to cause to suffer ” ) [ and other forms ] , from Anglo-Norman langurer and Middle French langorer , langorir , langourer ( “ to languish; to be languorous ” ) , from Old French languerer , from langueur ( “ disease, illness; suffering; emotional fatigue, sadness; listlessness; stagnation ” ) ; see further at etymology 1 above. Later uses of the verb have been influenced by the noun.
From langueō ( “ to be faint, weary, languid ” ) + -or .
Learned borrowing from Latin languor .
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