Where does “nonviscous” come from?
nonviscous (English) comes from English viscous, from Middle French visqueux, from Old French viscous, from Late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum, from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)- — to say.
nonviscous (English): Not viscous
Definitions
- Not viscous
Ancestry of “nonviscous”, step by step
nonviscous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English viscous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | viscous | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid... |
| 2 | Middle French | visqueux | viscous |
| 3 | Old French | viscous | viscous (of a liquid, thick; tending to flow slowly) |
| 4 | Late Latin | viscosus | — |
| 5 | Latin | viscum | mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant |
| 6 | Latin | vorō | to devour; to eat greedily |
| 7 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |