Diluvial
/dɪˈluː.vi.əl/noun
Relating to a flood or deluge, especially a great flood.
Did you know?Diluvial comes from Latin *diluvium* (“flood, deluge”), a word tied to the same root as *deluge* and later used in geology for flood-deposited materials.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leu̯-
“to wash, cleanse”
Latin
Latin
diluere
“to wash away, dissolve”
Latin
Latin
diluvium
“a flood, deluge”
Late Latin
Latin
diluvialis
“pertaining to a flood”
Middle English
English
diluvial
“of or relating to a deluge or flood”
Modern English
English
diluvial
“relating to a flood or deluge”