Where does “viscous” come from?
viscous (Old French) comes 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.
viscous (Old French): viscous
Ancestry of “viscous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | viscosus | — |
| 2 | Latin | viscum | mistletoe; birdlime made from this plant |
| 3 | Latin | vorō | — |
| 4 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |
Words derived from “viscous”