Proto-Indo-European

*wleykʷ-

‘moist, to wet’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ-.

13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ-, most familiar first.

• liquid ← liquide ← liquide ← liquidus ← liqueō
• liquidity ← liquiditas ← liquidus ← liqueō ← *(w)likʷēō
• liquidation ← liquider ← liquidare ← liquidō ← liquidus
• liquidate ← liquidātus
• prolix ← prolixe ← prōlixus ← *liksos
• liquidus ← liqueō ← *(w)likʷēō ← *wlikʷéh₁yeti
• deliquesce ← dēliquēscō ← liquēscō ← liqueō ← *(w)likʷēō
• deliquate ← dēliquātus ← dēliquō ← liquō ← liqueō
• elixation ← elixō ← ēlixus ← *liksos
• elixate ← ēlixātus ← ēlixāre ← ēlixus ← *liksos
• liquate ← liquātus ← liquō ← liqueō ← *(w)likʷēō
• liquamen ← liquō ← liqueō ← *(w)likʷēō ← *wlikʷéh₁yeti

More words from *wleykʷ-

• liquesce

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ-