Etymology

fluvial

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream. Full definition →

Latin fluviālis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfluviālis
  2. English todayfluvial

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius (“a stream”) + -ālis, from the root of fluere (“to flow”).

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