Where does “microfluidity” come from?
microfluidity (English) comes from English fluidity, from French fluidité, from Latin fluiditās, from Latin fluidus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
microfluidity (English): The microscopic behaviour of fluids
Definitions
- The microscopic behaviour of fluids
Ancestry of “microfluidity”, step by step
microfluidity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluidity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluidity | The state of being fluid rather than viscous; A... |
| 2 | French | fluidité | fluidity |
| 3 | Latin | fluiditās | fluidity |
| 4 | Latin | fluidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist |
| 5 | Latin | fluō | to flow, stream, pour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |