Where does “viscosidade” come from?
viscosidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese viscoso, from Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum, from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
viscosidade (Portuguese): viscosity
Definitions
- viscosity
Ancestry of “viscosidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | viscoso | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid... |
| 2 | Latin | viscōsus | full of birdlime, viscous, sticky |
| 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 |