livid
English
/ˈlɪvɪd/
adj
Definitions
- Having a dark, bluish appearance.
- Pale, pallid.
- (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French livide derived from Latin līvidus (envious, livid, blueish, bluish) derived from Proto-Italic *sliwēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, *(s)leh₃y- (bluish, blueish, plum-coloured).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)leh₃y-
Gloss
bluish, blueish, plum-coloured
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lividity English
- lividly English
- lividness English
- livedo Latin
- livens Latin
- liveo Latin
- lividus Latin
- livor Latin
- luridus Latin
- luror Latin
- līvidus Latin
- līvor Latin
- lūridus Latin
- livido Italian
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *sliwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaihǭ Proto-Germanic
- Śliwa Polish
- Śliwka Polish
- livid Middle English
- šljȉvovica Serbo-Croatian
- lívid Catalan, Valencian
- croenliw Welsh
- lliw Welsh
- lliwio Welsh
- mygliw Welsh
- symudliw Welsh
- livide Middle French
- *līwos Proto-Celtic
- *sliwēō Proto-Italic
- *lliw Proto-Brythonic