Etymograph

English

inflow

Inflow comes from Middle English inflowen.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inflowen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1676inflow

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inflowen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1676inflow

Earliest quotation: 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises: “the discusing and drying up of the inflowed Humour”.

Formed from in- + flow

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Germanic *flōaną ‘to flow’

Proto-West Germanic *flōan ‘to flow’

Old English flōwan ‘to flow’

Middle English flowen

Middle English flowe

English flow

Every English word from Middle English inflowen

Today it means

noun The act or process of flowing in or into.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English inflowen / inflow

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