Etymology

fluvisol

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Today it means: A genetically young kind of soil found in alluvial deposits. Full definition →

Latin fluvius
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromfluvius“river”
  2. English todayfluvisol

Borrowed from Latin fluvius (“river”) + -sol.

Words from the same roots

Latinfluvius all →

fluvio-Trifluvian

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