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Where does “liquidus” come from?

liquidus (English) comes 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.

liquidus (English): A line, in a phase diagram, above which a given...

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  1. A line, in a phase diagram, above which a given...

Ancestry of “liquidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
2Latinliqueō—
3Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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