Where does “liquidless” come from?

liquidless (English) comes from English liquid, from Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

liquidless (English): Without liquid

Definitions

  1. Without liquid

Ancestry of “liquidless”, step by step

liquidless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English liquid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishliquidA substance that is flowing, and keeping no...
2Middle Englishliquideliquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained
3Old Frenchliquideliquid
4Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
5Latinliqueōto be liquid, fluid
6Proto-Italicwlikʷēō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ-
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