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Where does “alluvion” come from?

alluvion (English) comes from Latin alluviō, from Latin alluō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

alluvion (English): The increase in the area of land due to the...

Definitions

  1. The increase in the area of land due to the...

Ancestry of “alluvion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalluviō—
2Latinalluō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →