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fluctus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fluc-tus
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area covered by outflow from a volcano.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin fluctusbor. English fluctus Borrowed from Latin fluctus.

Inflected Forms

flucti (plural)

Questions

What does fluctus mean?
An area covered by outflow from a volcano.
Where does fluctus come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin fluctusbor. English fluctus Borrowed from Latin fluctus.

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