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defluo.

to flow or run down

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈdeː.fɫu.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈdɛː.flu.o]
  1. to flow or run down

    conjugation-3 · impersonal · intransitive
  2. to move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide down, descend

    conjugation-3 · impersonal · intransitive · usually
  3. to flow or pass away, drain off, cease flowing, disappear

    conjugation-3 · impersonal · intransitive
  4. to flow, come, pass

    conjugation-3 · figuratively · impersonal · intransitive
  5. to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear; to be lost

    conjugation-3 · figuratively · impersonal · intransitive
  6. to be derived, descend

    conjugation-3 · figuratively · impersonal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin dēfluō From dē- + fluō (“flow”).

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