Where does “e-liquid” come from?
e-liquid (English) comes from English liquid, from Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.
e-liquid (English): The liquid in an electronic cigarette that is...
Definitions
- The liquid in an electronic cigarette that is...
Ancestry of “e-liquid”, step by step
e-liquid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liquid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liquid | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no... |
| 2 | Middle English | liquide | liquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained |
| 3 | Old French | liquide | liquid |
| 4 | Latin | liquidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,... |
| 5 | Latin | liqueō | to be liquid, fluid |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wlikʷēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wleykʷ- | moist, to wet |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |