Where does “non-Newtonian fluid” come from?
non-Newtonian fluid (English) comes from English fluid, from Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
non-Newtonian fluid (English): a fluid whose stress at each point is not...
Definitions
- a fluid whose stress at each point is not...
Ancestry of “non-Newtonian fluid”, step by step
non-Newtonian fluid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluid | Any substance which can flow with relative ease,... |
| 2 | Middle English | fluid | — |
| 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- | — |