Etymology

superflow

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Today it means: The flow of a superfluid. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  13. Old Englishflōwan
  14. Middle Englishflowen
  15. Middle Englishflowe
  16. Englishflow
  17. English todaysuperflow

From super- + flow.

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