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Where does “liquide” come from?

liquide (French) comes from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

liquide (French): liquid; cash; inflection of liquider: ##...

Definitions

  1. liquid; cash; inflection of liquider: ##...

Ancestry of “liquide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchliquideliquid
2Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
3Latinliqueō—
4Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

Words derived from “liquide”

  • liquidement
  • likid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →