viscosus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- (Late Latin) full of birdlime, viscous, sticky
Etymology
Affix from Latin viscum (birdlime, mistletoe).
Origin
Latin
viscum
Gloss
birdlime, mistletoe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- viscumin English
- *visclum Latin
- viscidus Latin
- viscum Latin
- viscōsus Latin
- visco Spanish, Castilian
- *weyḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- viskøs Norwegian Bokmål
- visgo Portuguese
- viskøs Norwegian Nynorsk
- viscous Old French
- visgo Galician
- vâsc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guy Middle French
- visqueux Middle French
- vãscu Aromanian
- visc Friulian
- *wīhsila Frankish
- visc Piedmontese