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
- viscous
Ancestry of “visqueux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | viscous | viscous (of a liquid, thick; tending to flow slowly) |
| 2 | Late Latin | viscosus | — |
| 3 | Latin | viscum | mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant |
| 4 | Latin | vorō | to devour; to eat greedily |
| 5 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |