Etymograph

English

fluctuant

Fluctuant comes from Latin fluctuans ‘fluctuating, vacillating’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluctuans‘fluctuating, vacillating’
  2. Englishtodayfluctuant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluctuans‘fluctuating, vacillating’
  2. Englishtodayfluctuant

Today it means

adj That fluctuates or causes fluctuation.

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

Etymograph / Latin fluctuans / fluctuant