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Where does “fluidus” come from?

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

fluidus (Latin): liquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist

Definitions

  1. liquid, fluid, flowing; soft, feeble, moist

Ancestry of “fluidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “fluidus”

  • fluid
  • microfluidic
  • fluidly
  • fluidic
  • superfluid
  • microfluidics
  • fluidization
  • ferrofluid
  • semifluid
  • geofluid
  • fluidics
  • nanofluidic
  • biofluid
  • fluidize
  • fluidal
  • nanofluidics
  • nanofluid
  • fluidisation
  • fluidlike
  • fluidify
  • multifluid
  • microfluidization
  • fluidness
  • nonfluid
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