visqueux
French
adj
Definitions
- slimy, sticky
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French visqueux inherited from Old French viscous borrowed from Latin viscōsus, viscum (birdlime, mistletoe).
Origin
Latin
viscum
Gloss
birdlime, mistletoe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- viscose English
- viscous English
- viscumin English
- *visclum Latin
- viscidus Latin
- viscosus Latin
- viscum Latin
- viscōsus Latin
- viskos German
- viscoso Italian
- visco Spanish, Castilian
- viscoso Spanish, Castilian
- *weyḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- viscoso Portuguese
- visgo Portuguese
- viscous Old French
- viscós Catalan, Valencian
- viscoso Galician
- visgo Galician
- vâsc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vâscos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guy Middle French
- visqueux Middle French
- vãscu Aromanian
- visc Friulian
- viscôs Friulian
- *wīhsila Frankish
- visc Piedmontese