Etymology

superfluent

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Middle English superfluent ← Latin superfluens
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  1. Latin · derived fromsuperfluens
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsuperfluent
  3. English todaysuperfluent

From Middle English superfluent, from Latin superfluens, present participle of superfluere (“to overflow, run over”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsuperfluens all →

superfluence

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.