Where does “liquidity” come from?
Liquidity derives from Latin liquiditas, meaning fluidity or clarity of expression.
liquidity (English): The degree of which something is in high supply...
Definitions
- The degree of which something is in high supply...
Ancestry of “liquidity”, step by step
liquidity 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 Latin liquiditas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | liquiditas | liquidity |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |