Where does “visqueux” come from?
visqueux (French) comes 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)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
visqueux (French): slimy, sticky
Ancestry of “visqueux”, 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 |