Etymology

inviscid

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Today it means: not viscid Full definition →

English viscid ← Late Latin viscidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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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. Englishin-
  7. Latinviscum
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Late Latinviscidus
  10. Englishviscid
  11. English todayinviscid

From in- + viscid.

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