Etymograph

English

alluvious

Alluvious comes from Latin alluvius ‘alluvial’, from alluviō ‘the act of washing upon or overflowing,…’, and ultimately from alluō ‘wash against, bathe’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalluō‘wash against, bathe’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalluviō‘the act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalluvius‘alluvial’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1832alluvious

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalluō‘wash against, bathe’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalluviō‘the act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalluvius‘alluvial’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1832alluvious

Earliest quotation: 1832, John Howdon: “In the second place , in the mountain districts…”

Every English word from Latin alluō

Today it means

adj alluvial

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin alluō / alluvious

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