fluidity

/fluːˈɪdəti/floo-IH-duh-tee

/fluˈɪdəti/floo-IH-duh-tee

Meaningbeing fluid

Common meaning: ease of flow

fluto flowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 763 · scan
idadjective ending: in a state of
itynoun ending: being so, the quality of

Journey through time

Latinfluō, flūxī, flūxum‘to flow’
Old Frenchfluidesource
Englishfluid‘a substance that flows’
Englishformed in English from fluidfluidity‘ease of flow’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from fluid + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FLUID, p.213 · scan

Roots

fluō, flūxī, flūxum Latin “to flow”

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