Etymology

diluvium

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Today it means: An inundation or flood; a deluge. Full definition →

Latin dīluvium
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromdīluvium“flood”
  2. English todaydiluvium

Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium (“flood”), from lavō (“to wash”). Doublet of deluge.

Words from the same roots

Latindīluvium all →

deluge

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