Where does “flux” come from?

flux (Romanian) comes from French flux, from Latin fluxus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

flux (Romanian): flow

Definitions

  1. flow

Ancestry of “flux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfluxflow; flood, flood tide; flood
2Latinfluxusflow; flux; flowing, fluid
3Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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