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Where does “liquate” come from?

liquate (English) comes from Latin liquatus, from Latin liquō, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

liquate (English): To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a...

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  1. To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a...

Ancestry of “liquate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliquatusmelted, liquified, having been melted; filtered,...
2Latinliquō—
3Latinliqueō—
4Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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