Where does “humidor” come from?
humidor (English) comes from English humid, from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, from Latin umidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
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Ancestry of “humidor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | humid | Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery |
| 2 | Old French | humide | — |
| 3 | Latin | humidus | humid |
| 4 | Latin | umidus | moist, humid, damp, dank, wet; formerly liquid,... |
| 5 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |