Where does “liquidly” come from?

liquidly (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.

liquidly (English): In a liquid way

Definitions

  1. In a liquid way

Ancestry of “liquidly”, step by step

liquidly 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 ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ-
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