Where does “moisturizer” come from?
Moisturizer is derived from English moisture, which comes from Old French moistour, itself from Latin humidus through the suffix -arius and ultimately tracing to Latin mustum, meaning new wine or must.
moisturizer (English): Something that causes moisture or a a condition...
Definitions
- Something that causes moisture or a a condition...
Ancestry of “moisturizer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moisturize | To make more moist; To make more humid |
| 2 | English | moisture | That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding... |
| 3 | Middle English | moisture | moistness, wetness; moisture, humidity; fluid,... |
| 4 | Old French | moistour | Alternative form of moisteur; moisture, dampness,... |
| 5 | Old French | moisteur | moistness |
| 6 | Old French | moiste | damp; wet; clammy; moist |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | mucidus | moldy, musty; sniveling |
| 8 | Latin | mucidus | moldy, musty; sniveling |
| 9 | Latin | mūceō | to be mouldy or musty |
| 10 | Latin | mūcus | mucus |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |