Where does “fluvial” come from?
Fluvial comes from Latin fluvialis, formed from fluvius (river) and the Latin suffix -alis, with -alis deriving from Proto-Indo-European -li-.
fluvial (English): Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the...
Ancestry of “fluvial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fluvialis | fluvial |
| 2 | Latin | fluvius | river, stream |
| 3 | Latin | fluere | present active infinitive of fluō; flow; to flow |
| 4 | Latin | fluo | I flow, stream, pour; I am soaked in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flowō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlewH- | to overflow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |