Etymology

reflow

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Today it means: To flow back again; to flow once more. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  11. Old Englishflōwan
  12. Middle Englishflowen
  13. Englishflow
  14. English todayreflow

From re- + flow.

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