English
afflux
Afflux comes from Latin affluō ‘to flow, run or float to, towards or in’, and goes back to fluō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffluōas affluĕre‘to flow, run or float to, towards or in’
- Englishearliest quotation 1874afflux
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffluōas affluĕre‘to flow, run or float to, towards or in’
- Englishearliest quotation 1874afflux
Earliest quotation: 1874, "Chemical News from Foreign Sources: “The vis viva of these affluxes is employed almost…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
through Latin fluō ‘flow’
influence, fluid, fluent, influx, confluence, fluctuate, fluency, fluctuation, fluorine, flume, fluvial, fluorite, fluor, 27 more
Today it means
noun An upward rush of fluid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / afflux