Where does “liquid” come from?

Liquid derives from Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus meaning "flowing" or "clear," formed with the Latin suffix -idus from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ-.

liquid (English): A substance that is flowing, and keeping no...

Definitions

  1. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no...

Ancestry of “liquid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishliquideliquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained
2Old Frenchliquideliquid
3Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
4Latinliqueōto be liquid, fluid
5Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

Words derived from “liquid”

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