Where does “fleuve” come from?
fleuve (Middle French) comes from Old French flueve, from Latin fluvius, from Latin fluere, from Latin fluo, from Proto-Italic flowō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlewH-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Ancestry of “fleuve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | flueve | river; steam |
| 2 | Latin | fluvius | river, stream |
| 3 | Latin | fluere | present active infinitive of fluō; flow; to flow |
| 4 | Latin | fluo | I flow, stream, pour; I am soaked in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flowō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlewH- | to overflow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |