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Where does “coulant” come from?

coulant (French) comes from French couler, from Old French couler, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

coulant (French): flowing; fluid; loop

Definitions

  1. flowing; fluid; loop

Ancestry of “coulant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoulerto sink; to cast ; to pour; to flow, to run; to...
2Old Frenchcoulerto flow
3Latincolō—
4Latinquelō—
5Proto-Italickʷelō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “coulant”

  • coulant
  • кулон
  • coulamment
  • kulant
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