English
madid
Madid comes from Latin madidus ‘moist, wet, soaked, drenched’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂d-‘to be wet, to become wet’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*madēōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmadeō‘to be wet or moist’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmadidus‘moist, wet, soaked, drenched’
- Englishearliest quotation 1852madid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂d-‘to be wet, to become wet’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*madēōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmadeō‘to be wet or moist’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmadidus‘moist, wet, soaked, drenched’
- Englishearliest quotation 1852madid
Earliest quotation: 1852, John Sartain: “Many a dampened face and madid eye did justice…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ‘to be wet, to become wet’
Today it means
adj Wet; moist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- / madid