Etymograph

English

liquesce

Liquesce comes from Latin liquēscō ‘to melt, liquefy’, from liqueō ‘to be liquid, fluid’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- ‘moist, to wet’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wleykʷ-‘moist, to wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wlikʷéh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(w)likʷēōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEliqueō‘to be liquid, fluid’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEliquēscōas liquēscere‘to melt, liquefy’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2009liquesce

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wleykʷ-‘moist, to wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wlikʷéh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(w)likʷēōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEliqueō‘to be liquid, fluid’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEliquēscōas liquēscere‘to melt, liquefy’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2009liquesce

Earliest quotation: 2009, Iain Fenlon: “At many points notes liquesce like the liquid letters,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- ‘moist, to wet’

liquidate, 8 more

through Proto-Italic *(w)likʷēō

liquidity, liquidation, 5 more

through Latin liqueō ‘to be liquid, fluid’

liquid, 7 more

Today it means

verb To become a liquid; to liquefy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- / liquesce

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