Humid Definition
hyo͝omĭd
adjective
Full of water vapor; damp; moist.
Webster's New World
Origin of Humid
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From Old French humide, from Latin humidus, correctly umidus (“moist”), from humere, correctly umere (“to be moist”), akin to ūvēns (“moist”), ūvidus, ūdus (“moist”); all from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-, *wogʷ- (“wet”). Cognate with Old Norse vǫkr (“moist, damp, wet”), Scots wak (“moist, damp, wetness, moisture”), English weaky (“moist, wet”). More at weaky.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Latin hūmidus from hūmēre to be moist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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