Where does “fluidism” come from?
fluidism (English) comes from English fluid, from Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
fluidism (English): The doctrine that the fluids of the body are the...
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- The doctrine that the fluids of the body are the...
Ancestry of “fluidism”, step by step
fluidism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluid | Any substance which can flow with relative ease,... |
| 2 | Middle English | fluid | — |
| 3 | Latin | fluidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist |
| 4 | Latin | fluō | to flow, stream, pour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |