Where does “moisteur” come from?
moisteur (Old French) comes from Old French moiste, from Vulgar Latin mucidus, from Latin mucidus, from Latin mūceō, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.
moisteur (Old French): moistness
Definitions
- moistness
Ancestry of “moisteur”, step by step
moisteur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French moiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | moiste | damp; wet; clammy; moist |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mucidus | moldy, musty; sniveling |
| 3 | Latin | mucidus | moldy, musty; sniveling |
| 4 | Latin | mūceō | to be mouldy or musty |
| 5 | Latin | mūcus | mucus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |
via Old French eür
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | eür | Alternative form of eur |
| 2 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 3 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 4 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |