Etymology

flowable

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Today it means: That is able to flow. Full definition →

English flow ← Middle English flowen ← Old English flōwan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  5. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  7. Old Englishflōwan
  8. Middle Englishflowen
  9. Englishflow
  10. English todayflowable

From flow + -able.

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