Etymograph

English

flowthrough

Deverbal from flow through, from flow + through.

A compound of flow + through

Proto-Germanic *flōaną ‘to flow’

Proto-West Germanic *flōan ‘to flow’

Old English flōwan ‘to flow’

Middle English flowen

Middle English flowe

English flow

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through’

Proto-Germanic *þurhw ‘through’

Old English þurh ‘through’

Middle English thurgh

English through

Today it means

noun flow (through a system or process)

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

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