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Where does “liquidogenous” come from?

liquidogenous (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.

liquidogenous (English): That forms a liquid when in bulk

Definitions

  1. That forms a liquid when in bulk

Ancestry of “liquidogenous”, step by step

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