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Where does “liquide” come from?

liquide (Middle English) comes from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

liquide (Middle English): liquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained

Definitions

  1. liquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained

Ancestry of “liquide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchliquideliquid
2Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
3Latinliqueō—
4Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

Words derived from “liquide”

  • liquid
  • illiquid
  • semiliquid
  • liquidly
  • liquify
  • liquidy
  • nonliquid
  • liquidlike
  • liquidise
  • liquidize
  • liquidiser
  • liquidness
  • liquidizer
  • reliquify
  • unliquid
  • bioliquid
  • liquidous
  • liquidless
  • liquidable
  • natural gas liquid
  • liquid rocket
  • liquidogenous
  • liquidability
  • liquitab
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