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Where does “liquans” come from?

liquans (Latin) comes from Latin liquō, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

liquans (Latin): melting, liquifying; filtering, straining;...

Definitions

  1. melting, liquifying; filtering, straining;...

Ancestry of “liquans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliquō—
2Latinliqueō—
3Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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