Where does “fluctuar” come from?

fluctuar (Catalan) comes from Latin fluctuō, from Latin fluctus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fluctuar (Catalan): to fluctuate; to waver

Definitions

  1. to fluctuate; to waver

Ancestry of “fluctuar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluctuōto surge, swell, undulate
2Latinfluctusa wave, billow
3Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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