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Where does “mellifluens” come from?

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

mellifluens (Latin): honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Definitions

  1. honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Ancestry of “mellifluens”, step by step

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