Etymology

semiliquid

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Today it means: Having properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wleykʷ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wlikʷéh₁yeti
  7. Proto-Italic*(w)likʷēō
  8. Latinliqueō
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Latinliquidu
  11. Old Frenchliquide
  12. Middle Englishliquide
  13. Englishliquid
  14. English todaysemiliquid

From semi- + liquid.

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