Where does “viscose” come from?
viscose (Italian) comes from Italian viscosa, 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.
viscose (Italian): feminine plural of viscoso; plural of viscosa
Definitions
- feminine plural of viscoso; plural of viscosa
Ancestry of “viscose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | viscosa | viscose; feminine singular of viscoso |
| 2 | Italian | viscoso | 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 |