Circumfluence
/ˌsɝː.kəmˈfluː.əns/noun
The act or process of flowing around something.
Did you know?Circumfluence is built from the same Latin flow-root as words like fluent and influence, and its prefix circum- gives it the eerie sense of something moving in a ring around a center.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
circumfluere
“to flow around”
Late Latin
Latin
circumfluentia
“a flowing around”
16th Century
English
circumfluence
“the action or fact of flowing around”
Modern English
English
circumfluence
“the act or process of flowing around something”
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