English
fluviatile
Fluviatile comes from Latin fluviatilis ‘riverine, (relational) river’, and goes back to fluō ‘flow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluvius‘river, stream’root of fluō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluviatilis‘riverine, (relational) river’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887fluviatile
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluvius‘river, stream’root of fluō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluviatilis‘riverine, (relational) river’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887fluviatile
Earliest quotation: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging: “Fluviatile ferruginous sands, embedding water-worn gravel, large rounded pebbles,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to swell, blow’
blow, blast, flavor, bliss, inflation, bladder, feeble, inflate, blithely, blare, blasé, flatulence, conflate, soufflé, blather, bleat, 44 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
through Latin fluō ‘flow’
influence, fluid, influx, fluent, flux, confluence, fluency, fluctuate, affluence, flume, fluorine, fluctuation, fluorite, fluor, 26 more
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or produced by rivers; fluvial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / fluviatile