English
flumen
Flumen comes from Latin flūmen ‘river’, and goes back to fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘to flow, stream, pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflūmen‘river’
- Englishtodayflumen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘to flow, stream, pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflūmen‘river’
- Englishtodayflumen
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
through Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’
influence, fluid, influx, flux, fluent, fluctuate, confluence, fluctuation, fluency, fluorine, affluence, fluvial, fluorite, fluor, 26 more
Today it means
noun In planetary geology, any of the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / flumen