Where does “humidification” come from?

humidification (English) comes from English humid, from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, from Latin umidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

humidification (English): The process of increasing the water vapour...

Definitions

  1. The process of increasing the water vapour...

Ancestry of “humidification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumidContaining perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery
2Old Frenchhumide—
3Latinhumidushumid
4Latinumidusmoist, humid, damp, dank, wet; formerly liquid,...
5Latin-idustending to
6Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “humidification”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin umidus →