Etymology

livor

li·vor
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Today it means: Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death. Full definition →

Latin līvor ← Proto-Italic *slīwēō ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₃y-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)lih₃-wó-
  3. Proto-Italic*slīwēō
  4. Latinlīveō
  5. Latinlīvor
  6. English todaylivor

Borrowed from Latin līvor.

Words from the same roots

Latinlīvor all →

livor mortis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.