Etymology

liquidator

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Today it means: One who liquidates. Full definition →

English liquidate ← Late Latin liquidātu ← Classical Latin liquidus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wleykʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wlikʷéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*(w)likʷēō
  4. Latinliqueō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Classical Latinliquidus
  7. Late Latinliquidō
  8. Late Latinliquidātu
  9. Englishliquidate
  10. English todayliquidator

From liquidate + -or.

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