Etymograph

English

livor

Livor comes from Latin līvor ‘a bluish color’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)lih₃-wó-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*slīwēōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīveō‘to be of a bluish color’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīvor‘a bluish color’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1624livor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)lih₃-wó-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*slīwēōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīveō‘to be of a bluish color’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīvor‘a bluish color’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1624livor

Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “To see a man [...] magnify his friend unworthy…”

Linked words

through Latin līveō ‘to be of a bluish color’

livid, 2 more

Today it means

noun Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó- / livor

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