Where does “viscidume” come from?
viscidume (Italian) comes from Italian viscido, from Latin viscidus, from Latin viscum, from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
viscidume (Italian): slime
Ancestry of “viscidume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | viscido | slimy; slick; smarmy |
| 2 | Latin | viscidus | sticky, glutinous |
| 3 | Latin | viscum | mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant |
| 4 | Latin | vorō | — |
| 5 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |