Where does “fluid” come from?
Fluid comes from Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root bʰel- meaning to swell or flow.
fluid (English): Any substance which can flow with relative ease,...
Definitions
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease,...
Ancestry of “fluid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fluid | — |
| 2 | Latin | fluidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist |
| 3 | Latin | fluō | to flow, stream, pour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “fluid”