Where does “profluvium” come from?
profluvium (English) comes from Latin profluvium, from Latin profluo, from Latin fluere, from Latin fluo, from Proto-Italic flowō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlewH-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
profluvium (English): A copious discharge of fluid, especially a bodily...
Definitions
- A copious discharge of fluid, especially a bodily...
Ancestry of “profluvium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | profluvium | A flowing forth; a discharge; flux |
| 2 | Latin | profluo | I flow or run forth or along; discharge; I am... |
| 3 | Latin | fluere | present active infinitive of fluō; flow; to flow |
| 4 | Latin | fluo | I flow, stream, pour; I am soaked in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flowō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlewH- | to overflow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |