Eluge
/ɪˈluːdʒ/noun
An obsolete English form of “deluge,” meaning a great flood or overwhelming outpouring.
Did you know?The Latin ancestor of Eluge, diluvium, was used in Christian Latin for the biblical Flood, linking the word to divine judgment and world-renewing destruction.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leu-
“To loosen, separate, or wash away”
Classical Latin
Latin
dīluere
“To wash away, dissolve, or cleanse by flowing water”
Classical Latin
Latin
dīluvium
“A washing away; a flood or deluge”
Old French
Old French
deluge
“A great flood, especially the biblical Flood”
Middle English
English
eluge
“An obsolete variant of “deluge,” meaning a flood”
Modern English
English
Eluge
“A rare or obsolete historical form of “deluge””