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Where does “suprafluid” come from?

suprafluid (German) comes from German fluid, from English fluid, from Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

suprafluid (German): superfluid

Definitions

  1. superfluid

Ancestry of “suprafluid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfluidfluid
2EnglishfluidAny substance which can flow with relative ease,...
3Middle Englishfluid—
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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