English
fluviol
Fluviol comes from Catalan flabiol, from Latin flabrum ‘gust’, and ultimately from flō ‘to blow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō1as flare‘to blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflabrum1‘gust’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*flabeolum1reconstructeddiminutive of flabrum
- Catalanc. 1500–presentflabiol2as fluviol
- Englishearliest quotation 1929fluviol2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Catalan flabiol
- 2 Wiktionary, English fluviol
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1929, Olin Downes, As to the Sardanas: “They are danced to the music of a curious…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōWiktionary, Catalan flabiolas flare‘to blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflabrumWiktionary, Catalan flabiol‘gust’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*flabeolumWiktionary, Catalan flabiolreconstructeddiminutive of flabrum
- Catalanc. 1500–presentflabiolWiktionary, English fluviolas fluviol
- Englishearliest quotation 1929fluviolWiktionary, English fluviol. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1929, Olin Downes, As to the Sardanas: “They are danced to the music of a curious…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to blow’
blow, blast, bliss, bladder, feeble, fluent, flux, confluence, fluency, blithely, blare, blather, blasé, bleat, 45 more
through Latin flō ‘to blow’
flavor, inflation, inflate, flatulence, conflate, soufflé, 17 more
Today it means
noun A small piccolo-like wooden flute used to accompany the sardana.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flō / fluviol