Etymograph

English

Hubble flow

From Hubble (“Edwin Hubble”) + flow.

A compound of Hubble ‘Edwin Hubble’ + flow

Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald

Old High German Hucbalt

Old Northern French Hubald

English Hubble

Proto-Germanic *flōaną ‘to flow’

Proto-West Germanic *flōan ‘to flow’

Old English flōwan ‘to flow’

Middle English flowen

Middle English flowe

English flow

Today it means

noun The motion of galaxies due to the expansion of the universe

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