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Where does “liqueo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “liqueo”, step by step

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