Where does “viscousless” come from?
viscousless (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.
viscousless (English): Inviscid: lacking, or unaffected by, viscosity
Definitions
- Inviscid: lacking, or unaffected by, viscosity
Ancestry of “viscousless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | viscous | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid... |
| 2 | Middle French | visqueux | viscous |
| 3 | Old French | viscous | viscous |
| 4 | Late Latin | viscosus | — |
| 5 | Latin | viscum | mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant |
| 6 | Latin | vorō | — |
| 7 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |