Etymology

alluvium

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Today it means: soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain Full definition →

Medieval Latin alluvium ← Latin alluviō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromalluviō“washing upon, overflowing”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromalluvium“matter deposited by flowing water”
  3. English todayalluvium

From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”). See also al-.

Words from the same roots

Latinalluviō all →

alluvion

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