Where does “fluidity” come from?
Fluidity comes from French fluidité, meaning the quality of flowing or being fluid.
fluidity (English): The state of being fluid rather than viscous; A...
Definitions
- The state of being fluid rather than viscous; A...
Ancestry of “fluidity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fluidité | fluidity |
| 2 | Latin | fluiditās | fluidity |
| 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- | — |
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