Etymology

flux

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Today it means: The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. Full definition →

Old French flux ← Latin fluxus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfluxus“flow”
  2. Old French · derived fromflux
  3. English todayflux

From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfluxus all →

Fluxusfluxion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.