Siccative
/ˈsɪk.ə.tɪv/noun
Causing or tending to dry something.
Did you know?Siccative comes from Latin siccāre, “to dry,” from siccus, “dry,” and its whole history is about removing moisture—not magic, though it sounds like it could be.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sek-
“to dry”
Latin
Latin
siccus
“dry”
Latin
Latin
siccāre
“to dry, make dry”
Late Latin
Latin
siccātīvus
“causing to dry”
Middle French
French
siccatif
“drying”
Modern English
English
siccative
“causing or tending to dry”
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