Where does “alluvial” come from?
Alluvial comes from Latin alluvius, derived from Latin alluvio (inundation), from Latin alluo (to wash against), combining Latin ad- (to) with a root from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- (to wash).
alluvial (English): Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream; A...
Definitions
- Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream; A...
Ancestry of “alluvial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | alluvius | alluvial |
| 2 | Latin | alluviō | The act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood |
| 3 | Latin | alluō | to lap (flow near or past) |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |