Etymology

illiquid

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Today it means: Not readily converted into cash. Full definition →

English liquid ← Middle English liquide ← Old French liquide
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishil-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wleykʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wlikʷéh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*(w)likʷēō
  10. Latinliqueō
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Latinliquidu
  13. Old Frenchliquide
  14. Middle Englishliquide
  15. Englishliquid
  16. English todayilliquid

From il- (“not”) + liquid.

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