Where does “flux” come from?

Flux comes from Old French flux, from Latin fluxus, the past participle of fluere meaning "to flow," ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning "to swell."

flux (English): The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or...

Definitions

  1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or...

Ancestry of “flux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfluxdiarrhea
2Latinfluxusflow; flux; flowing, fluid
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 “flux

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-
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