- siccative (adj.)
- 1540s, from Late Latin siccativus "drying, siccative," from Latin siccatus, past participle of siccare "to dry," from siccus "dry," from PIE root *seikw- "to flow out" (cf. Avestan hiku- "dry," Greek iskhnos "dry, withered," Lithuanian seklus "shallow," Middle Irish sesc "dry," Sanskrit sincati "makes dry"). The noun is first recorded 1825.