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Where does “superfluidity” come from?

superfluidity (English) comes from English fluidity, from French fluidité, from Latin fluiditās, from Latin fluidus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

superfluidity (English): The frictionless flow that is characteristic of a...

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  1. The frictionless flow that is characteristic of a...

Ancestry of “superfluidity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluidityThe state of being fluid rather than viscous; A...
2Frenchfluiditéfluidity
3Latinfluiditās—
4Latinfluidusliquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist
5Latinfluō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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