Proto-Indo-European

*bʰlewH-

‘to overflow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-.

41 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-, most familiar first.

• influence ← īnfluentia ← īnfluēns ← īnfluō ← fluō
• fluid ← fluidus ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti
• influx ← īnflūxus ← īnfluō ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti
• flux ← fluxus ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti
• fluent ← fluens ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti
• confluence ← cōnfluentia ← cōnfluēns ← cōnfluō ← fluō
• fluency ← fluēns ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti
• fluctuate ← flūctuātus ← flūctuō ← flūctus ← fluō
• fluidity ← fluidité ← fluiditās ← fluidus ← fluō
• fluctuation ← fluctuatiōnem ← fluctuō ← fluctus ← fluō
• flume ← flum ← flum ← flūmen ← fluō
• affluence ← affluentia ← affluēns ← affluō ← fluō

More words from *bʰlewH-

• fluorine
• fluvial
• fluorite
• fluor
• confluent
• superfluity
• fluviatile
• afflux
• circumfluent
• confluency
• deflux
• defluous
• diffluent
• fiumara
• fluminous
• fluctus
• flumen
• fluxure
• fluvisol
• fluvaquent
• fluerics
• profluence
• profluvium
• profluent
• refluent
• superflux
• superfluent
• superfluence
• superfluitant

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-