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Fluorine (:
To flow.
To flow.
Fluere - to flow
fluorine got its name from the latin word fluere, which means flow.
The Latin root of fluere is "flu-" which means "to flow". This root is commonly found in words related to flowing or movement, such as fluctuate and influence.
"Confluence" is from the Latin prefix con- ("together") and verb fluere, "to flow".
It was not named after anybody. The word "flute" comes from the Latin root "fluere", meaning "to flow".
ρευστό [refsto] = fluidυγρό [eegro] = liquidfluid < (Latin) fluere < (Greek) φλύω/φλέω = to swell (like a wave) >> fluctuation
(Latin: flow, flowing; moving in a continuous and smooth way; wave, moving back and forth) Dean Cook (www.paranormalsceneinvestigators.co.uk)
fluid (adj.) early 15c., from M.Fr. fluide (14c.) and directly from L. fluidus "fluid, flowing, moist," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent). Figurative use from 1640s. The noun is 1660s, from the adjective. Related: Fluidly.
Long before the advent of poker in 1834, "hand of cards all of one suit," 1529, perhaps from Middle French 'flus' (15c.), from Old. French flux "a flowing," with the sense of "a run" (of cards), from Latin. fluxus "flow," from fluere "to flow" (see 'fluent'; easily flowing)