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Where does “visqueux” come from?

visqueux (Middle French) comes from Old French viscous, from Late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum, from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.

visqueux (Middle French): viscous

Definitions

  1. viscous

Ancestry of “visqueux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchviscousviscous
2Late Latinviscosus—
3Latinviscummistletoe; birdlime made from this plant
4Latinvorō—
5Latinvotodative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of...
6Proto-Italicwetā(je)-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweth₂-to say

Words derived from “visqueux”

  • viscous
  • nonviscous
  • viscously
  • isoviscous
  • electroviscous
  • viscousness
  • elastoviscous
  • semiviscous
  • ultraviscous
  • viscousless
  • gyroviscous
  • visqueux
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