deliquescent
‘liquefying in air’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. deliquescentem < nom. deliquescens < deliquescere ‘to melt away’ < de- + liquescere ‘to melt’ < liquere ‘to be liquid’ < F. liquide ‘wet, moist’ < Lat. liguidus ‘fluid, liquid, moist’ < liquere ‘be fluid’< liqui ‘to melt, flow’ < luhk < lik (Skeat) < Tamil aruvi