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Where does “fluminous” come from?

fluminous (English) comes from Latin Flūmen, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fluminous (English): flowing, fluent

Definitions

  1. flowing, fluent

Ancestry of “fluminous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFlūmen—
2Latinfluō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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