lividity
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being livid.
- (countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
- (uncountable) livor Livor mortis, suggillation.
Etymology
Suffix from English livid root from Proto-Indo-European *(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
- livid English
- lividly English
- lividness English
- livedo Latin
- livens Latin
- lividus Latin
- livor Latin
- luridus Latin
- luror Latin
- līvor Latin
- lūridus Latin
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *sliwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaihǭ Proto-Germanic
- Śliwa Polish
- Śliwka Polish
- livide Middle French
- *līwos Proto-Celtic