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Where does “fluid” come from?

fluid (Catalan) comes from Latin fluidus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fluid (Catalan): fluid

Definitions

  1. fluid

Ancestry of “fluid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluidusliquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist
2Latinfluō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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