Indormition
/ˌɪn.dɔːrˈmɪʃ.ən/noun
The act or process of falling asleep or entering sleep, especially in obsolete or theological usage.
Did you know?Indormition comes from Latin indormire, literally ‘to fall asleep’ or ‘sleep into,’ with the prefix in- meaning ‘into,’ not ‘not.’
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*drem-
“To sleep; the reconstructed root associated with sleep and dreaming.”
Proto-Italic
Proto-Italic
*dormī-
“To sleep; the ancestral Italic form that developed into Latin dormīre.”
Classical Latin
Latin
dormīre
“To sleep.”
Classical Latin
Latin
indormīre
“To fall asleep or sink into sleep; in- conveys movement into a state.”
Late Latin
Latin
indormītiō
“A falling asleep or entering sleep, formed from indormīre.”
Middle English
English
indormicioun
“A falling asleep; an obsolete learned form derived through French or Latin influence.”
Modern English
English
indormition
“The act of falling asleep or entering sleep; now rare or obsolete.”