Where does “viscosa” come from?

viscosa (Italian) comes from Italian viscoso, 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.

viscosa (Italian): viscose; feminine singular of viscoso

Definitions

viscose; feminine singular of viscoso

Ancestry of “viscosa”, step by step

viscosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian viscoso

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	viscoso	viscous
2	Late Latin	viscosus	—
3	Latin	viscum	mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant
4	Latin	vorō	to devour; to eat greedily
5	Latin	voto	dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of...
6	Proto-Italic	wetā(je)-	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	weth₂-	to say

via Catalan viscós

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	viscós	viscous
2	Latin	viscōsus	full of birdlime, viscous, sticky
3	Latin	-ōsus	ose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
4	Old Latin	-ōssus	—

Words derived from “viscosa”

viscose

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- →