Where does “floo” come from?

floo (English) comes from English influenza, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

floo (English): Dated form of flu

Definitions

  1. Dated form of flu

Ancestry of “floo”, step by step

floo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English influenza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfluenzaAn acute contagious disease of the upper airways...
2Italianinfluenzainfluence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
3Latinīnfluentiainfluence
4Latinīnfluēnsflowing into
5Latinīnfluōto flow or run into
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Proto-Germanic flōaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflōanąto flow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en