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alluviō
2 English words descend from Latin
alluviō
, most common first.
alluvium
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
alluvion
The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.