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

  1. Any substance which can flow with relative ease,...

Ancestry of “fluid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfluid—
2Latinfluidusliquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist
3Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “fluid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →