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Where does “fluctuatest” come from?

fluctuatest (English) comes from English fluctuate, from Latin fluctuatus, from Latin fluctuō, from Latin fluctus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fluctuatest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “fluctuatest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluctuateTo vary irregularly; to swing; To undulate; To be...
2Latinfluctuatus
3Latinfluctuō—
4Latinfluctusa wave, billow
5Latinfluō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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