Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Of or relating to fluid. · In a state of flux; subject to change. · Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion. · Convertible into cash.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. · A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas). · Intravenous fluids.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fluidusder. Middle English fluid English fluid From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin fluō (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek φλύειν (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”). Not related to English flow, which is a native, inherited word from *plew-, but is distantly related from English bleat.
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