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Where does “overliquidity” come from?

overliquidity (English) comes from English liquidity, 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 — moist, to wet.

overliquidity (English): Excessive liquidity

Definitions

  1. Excessive liquidity

Ancestry of “overliquidity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishliquidityThe degree of which something is in high supply...
2EnglishliquidA substance that is flowing, and keeping no...
3Middle Englishliquideliquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained
4Old Frenchliquideliquid
5Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
6Latinliqueō—
7Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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