English
fluvisol
Fluvisol comes from Latin fluvius ‘river’, and goes back to fluō ‘flow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluvius‘river’root of fluō
- Englishtodayfluvisol
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘flow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluvius‘river’root of fluō
- Englishtodayfluvisol
Formed from -sol
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to swell, blow’
blow, blast, inflation, flavor, bladder, bliss, feeble, inflate, blithely, flatulence, blare, blather, conflate, blasé, bleat, soufflé, 44 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
through Latin fluō ‘flow’
influence, fluid, influx, fluent, flux, confluence, fluctuate, fluency, fluctuation, affluence, flume, fluorine, fluorite, fluor, 26 more
Today it means
noun A genetically young kind of soil found in alluvial deposits.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / fluvisol