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Where does “viscosité” come from?

viscosité (Middle French) comes from Old French viscosité, from Medieval Latin viscositas.

Ancestry of “viscosité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchviscositéviscosity
2Medieval Latinviscositas—

Words derived from “viscosité”

  • viscosity
  • hyperviscosity
  • microviscosity
  • elastoviscosity
  • gyroviscosity
Every word from Medieval Latin viscositas →