Etymograph

English

fluctuous

Fluctuous comes from Latin flūctuōsus ‘full of waves, billowy’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflūctuōsus‘full of waves, billowy’
  2. Englishtodayfluctuous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflūctuōsus‘full of waves, billowy’
  2. Englishtodayfluctuous

Equivalent to fluctus + -uous

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluctus ‘a wave, billow’

English fluctus

Every English word from Latin flūctuōsus

Today it means

adj fluctuating

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Etymograph / Latin flūctuōsus / fluctuous

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