English
elixation
Elixation comes from Latin elixō ‘to boil thoroughly, seethe’, and goes back to ēlixus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlixus‘thoroughly boiled, seethed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEelixōas ēlixāre‘to boil thoroughly, seethe’
- Englishtodayelixation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlixus‘thoroughly boiled, seethed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEelixōas ēlixāre‘to boil thoroughly, seethe’
- Englishtodayelixation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- ‘moist, to wet’
Today it means
noun Boiling, stewing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ēlixus / elixation