Where does “exsicante” come from?

exsicante (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese exsicar, from Latin exsicco, from Latin siccō, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Celtic siskʷos, from Proto-Indo-European sisku-.

exsicante (Portuguese): that exsiccates

Definitions

  1. that exsiccates

Ancestry of “exsicante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseexsicarto exsiccate, to desiccate, to dehydrate
2LatinexsiccoI dry up; I empty
3Latinsiccōto dry, drain, exhaust
4Latinsiccusdry; sober; thirsty
5Proto-Celticsiskʷosdry
6Proto-Indo-Europeansisku-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sisku- →Every word from Proto-Celtic siskʷos →Every word from Latin siccus →