Limpid
/ˈlɪm.pɪd/noun
Clear, transparent, or easy to understand.
Did you know?Limpid comes from Latin *limpidus*, and many scholars connect it to *lympha* (“water, a nymph of water”), linking the word to an old Roman sense of shimmering, purified brightness rather than anything dark or occult.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ley-
“to flow, drip, or pour”
Latin
Latin
lympha
“water; a water spirit or nymph”
Classical Latin
Latin
limpidus
“clear, bright, transparent”
Middle French
Old French
limpide
“clear, lucid”
Late 16th Century
English
limpid
“clear, transparent, or lucid”
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