Where does “fluctuō” come from?

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

fluctuō (Latin): to surge, swell, undulate

Definitions

  1. to surge, swell, undulate

Ancestry of “fluctuō”, step by step

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-—

Words derived from “fluctuō”

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