Humid
/ˈhjuːmɪd/noun
Marked by a high amount of water vapor in the air.
Did you know?Humid ultimately traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ueh₁-/*wegʷ-? Wait correction: the standard etymology is Latin humidus from humere, meaning “to be moist,” linked to humus, “earth,” because dampness was imagined as something rising from the ground.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhghem-
“earth, ground”
Latin
Latin
humus
“earth, ground, soil”
Latin
Latin
humere
“to be moist, to be wet”
Late Latin
Latin
humidus
“moist, damp”
Old French
Old French
humide
“moist, damp”
Middle English
English
humide
“moist, wet”
Modern English
English
humid
“marked by a high amount of water vapor in the air”