Where does “nonfluency” come from?
nonfluency (English) comes from English fluency, from English fluent, from Latin fluens, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
nonfluency (English): Lack of fluency; some period of nonfluent speech...
Definitions
- Lack of fluency; some period of nonfluent speech...
Ancestry of “nonfluency”, step by step
nonfluency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluency
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluency | The quality of smoothness of flow; The quality of... |
| 2 | English | fluent | That flows; flowing, liquid; Able to use a... |
| 3 | Latin | fluens | flowing, streaming, pouring; being soaked in;... |
| 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- | — |