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Where does “semiconfluent” come from?

semiconfluent (English) comes from English confluent, from Latin cōnfluēns, from Latin confluo, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

semiconfluent (English): Describing the situation in which some pustules...

Definitions

  1. Describing the situation in which some pustules...

Ancestry of “semiconfluent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconfluentConverging, merging or flowing together into one;...
2Latincōnfluēns—
3LatinconfluoI flow or run together, meet; I flock or crowd...
4Latinfluō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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