The story
- Latin · derived fromsolum“soil”
- English todaysolifluction
From Latin solum (“soil”) + -i- + fluctiō (“act of flowing”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsolum all →
soilsoleussolumandisol-sol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
solifluction
Today it means: Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer. Full definition →
Latin solum