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Where does “fluo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fluo”, step by step

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