Where does “fluctuant” come from?
fluctuant (French) comes from Latin fluctuans, from Latin fluctuō, from Latin fluctus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
fluctuant (French): present participle of fluctuer; fluctuant
Definitions
- present participle of fluctuer; fluctuant
Ancestry of “fluctuant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fluctuans | surging, undulating; fluctuating, vacillating |
| 2 | Latin | fluctuō | to surge, swell, undulate |
| 3 | Latin | fluctus | a wave, billow |
| 4 | Latin | fluō | to flow, stream, pour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |