liquid-crystal display
‘an alphanumeric display on calculators and digital watches, made up of a liquid sandwiched between layers of glass or plastic’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
O.F. liquide ‘liquid, running’ < Lat. liguidus ‘fluid, liquid, moist’ < liquere ‘be fluid’ < liqui ‘flow’ + crystal display < li < lik (Skeat) < Tamil aruvi