Where does “ūdō” come from?

ūdō (Latin) comes from Latin ūdus, from Latin uvidus, from Latin uveo, from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- — wet, moist.

ūdō (Latin): to wet, moisten

Definitions

  1. to wet, moisten

Ancestry of “ūdō”, step by step

ūdō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ūdus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūduswet
2Latinuvidusmoist, wet, damp, humid, dank; drunken; vapid
3Latinuveo—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist

via Ancient Greek οὐδών

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekοὐδών—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- →Every word from Latin uveo →Every word from Latin uvidus →