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Where does “fluttuoso” come from?

fluttuoso (Italian) comes from Latin fluctuosus, from Latin fluctus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fluttuoso (Italian): stormy

Definitions

  1. stormy

Ancestry of “fluttuoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluctuosus—
2Latinfluctusa wave, billow
3Latinfluō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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