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Where does “likid” come from?

likid (Haitian Creole) comes from French liquide, 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.

likid (Haitian Creole): liquid, fluid

Definitions

  1. liquid, fluid

Ancestry of “likid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchliquideliquid; cash; inflection of liquider: ##...
2Old Frenchliquideliquid
3Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
4Latinliqueō—
5Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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