Where does “fluctivagus” come from?

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

fluctivagus (Latin): driven or washed about by the waves

Definitions

  1. driven or washed about by the waves

Ancestry of “fluctivagus”, step by step

fluctivagus 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 vagus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaguswandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague
2Proto-Italicwagos
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHwogos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-