Where does “preterfluent” come from?
preterfluent (English) comes from Latin praeterfluens, from Latin praeterfluo, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
preterfluent (English): flowing by
Ancestry of “preterfluent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | praeterfluens | flowing by; disappearing |
| 2 | Latin | praeterfluo | I flow or run by or past; I go by or past, pass... |
| 3 | Latin | fluō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |