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Where does “spissitude” come from?

spissitude (English) comes from Middle English spissitude, from Latin spissitudo, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European spidtos.

spissitude (English): Density, thickness; the state or quality of being...

Definitions

  1. Density, thickness; the state or quality of being...

Ancestry of “spissitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspissitude—
2Latinspissitudodensity, consistency, thickness
3Latinspissusthick, close, compact, dense, crowded; slow,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspidtos—
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