Etymograph

English

refluous

Refluous comes from Latin refluus ‘flowing back, ebbing, receding’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErefluus1‘flowing back, ebbing, receding’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1650refluous1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English refluous
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Fuller, The Tribe of Reuben: “[T]he ſtream of Jordan ſouth of their going over,…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErefluusWiktionary, English refluous‘flowing back, ebbing, receding’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1650refluousWiktionary, English refluous. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Fuller, The Tribe of Reuben: “[T]he ſtream of Jordan ſouth of their going over,…”

Every English word from Latin refluus

Today it means

adj Flowing backwards; refluent.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refluous”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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