Where does “fluctifragus” come from?

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

fluctifragus (Latin): wave-breaking

Definitions

  1. wave-breaking

Ancestry of “fluctifragus”, step by step

fluctifragus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fluctus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluctusa wave, billow
2Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin frangō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrangōto break, shatter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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