Where does “fluctuatively” come from?
fluctuatively (English) comes from English fluctuative, 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-.
fluctuatively (English): fluctuatingly
Definitions
- fluctuatingly
Ancestry of “fluctuatively”, step by step
fluctuatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluctuative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluctuative | fluctuating |
| 2 | English | fluctuate | To vary irregularly; to swing; To undulate; To be... |
| 3 | Latin | fluctuatus | |
| 4 | Latin | fluctuō | to surge, swell, undulate |
| 5 | Latin | fluctus | a wave, billow |
| 6 | Latin | fluō | to flow, stream, pour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |