myEtymology.com: English etymology of relaxing

Etymology of the English word relaxing

the English word relaxing

derived from the English word relax

derived from the Latin word relaxare (loosen, widen; relax)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word laxare (loosen, slaken, relax)

derived from the Latin word laxus (unstrung; relaxed, at ease; wide, spacious, ample)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sleg-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *slēg-