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Humidity

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the amount of water vapor present in the air
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Stage 1 of 2
humidus
Latin · ancient
"moist, damp"
moist, damp, from humere (to be moist)
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Stage 2 of 2
humidity
English · 1400s
"the amount of moisture present in the air"
settled as the English word for moisture present in the air
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