The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₃-
- Proto-Italic*lowō
- Latinlavō
- Latindīluō
- Latindīluvium
- Old Frenchdeluge
- Middle Englishdeluge
- English todaydeluge
From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.
Words from the same roots
Latindīluvium all →
diluvium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.