English
liquefaction
Liquefaction comes from Medieval Latin liquefactiō, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to do’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
- Medieval Latinmodernliquefactiō1
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600liquefaction1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500liquefaction1
- Englishearliest quotation 1648liquefaction1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English liquefaction
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1648, Robert Herrick, Upon Julia's Clothes: “Whenas in silks my Julia goes, / Then, then…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, English liquefaction‘to do’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
- Medieval LatinmodernliquefactiōWiktionary, English liquefaction
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600liquefactionWiktionary, English liquefaction
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500liquefactionWiktionary, English liquefaction
- Englishearliest quotation 1648liquefactionWiktionary, English liquefaction. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1648, Robert Herrick, Upon Julia's Clothes: “Whenas in silks my Julia goes, / Then, then…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, deal, hot, fact, feature, mid, fair, defense, fan, benefit, theme, custom, fashion, defence, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, feast, theology, aesthetic, defendant, synthetic, doom, deed, dis, tick, atheist, ethic, auditorium, auditor, atheism, demi, deem, spade, ethos, forfeit, feral, 128 more
Today it means
noun The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “liquefaction”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / liquefaction