Where does “aluvional” come from?
aluvional (Spanish) comes from Spanish aluvión, from Latin alluviō, from Latin alluō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
aluvional (Spanish): alluvial
Definitions
- alluvial
Ancestry of “aluvional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | aluvión | alluvium; tidal wave, avalanche, barrage |
| 2 | Latin | alluviō | The act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood |
| 3 | Latin | alluō | to lap (flow near or past) |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |