humid

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 138 words | Copyright

humid XVI. — F. humide or L. hūmidus, var. of ūmidus, f. ūmēre be moist; see HUMOUR, -ID1.
So humidity XIV.

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