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fluo.

to flow, stream, pour

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈfɫu.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈfluː.o]
  1. to flow, stream, pour

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  2. to proceed, spring, go forth

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  3. to proceed, spring, go forth to spread

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  4. to vanish, disappear, wilt

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  5. to move in a lax, unrestrained, loose manner

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  6. to move in a lax, unrestrained, loose manner to be weak, enervated, effeminate, debauched, spineless

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH- (“to overflow”), possibly an extension of *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow”). The Latin form may have developed from earlier *flowō via vowel reduction (which was regular only in non-initial syllables, but may have been introduced to the simple verb by analogy with its compounds) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleuH-(e/o). Alternatively, it may go back to Proto-Italic *flūō, from earlier *flūjō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti. Cognate with Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, “to abound”), φλύω (phlúō, “to boil over”). Unrelated to English flow, despite phonological and semantic similarity.

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