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- Latin · derived fromalluvius“alluvial”
- English todayalluvial
From Latin alluvius (“alluvial”), from alluviō (“an overflowing, inundation”), from alluō (“wash against”). By surface analysis, alluvium + -ial.
Words from the same roots
Latinalluvius all →
alluvious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.