Where does “viscous” come from?
Viscous comes from Middle French visqueux, from Latin viscum meaning birdlime, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyḱs-.
viscous (English): Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid...
Definitions
- Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid...
Ancestry of “viscous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | visqueux | viscous |
| 2 | Old French | viscous | viscous |
| 3 | Late Latin | viscosus | — |
| 4 | Latin | viscum | mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant |
| 5 | Latin | vorō | — |
| 6 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |
Words derived from “viscous”