elixate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wleykʷ-“moist, to wet”
2. Latin · derived fromēlixātus
3. English todayelixate

From Latin ēlixātus, past participle of ēlixāre (“to seethe”), from ēlixus (“thoroughly boiled”), from ex + *lixus (“fluid, flowing”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and thus cognate with Latin lixa (“water; lye”) and liqueō (“to be liquid, fluid”).

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