Refluent
/ˈriː.fluː.ənt/noun
Flowing back or returning, especially of water or a current.
Did you know?Its core Latin ancestor, *fluere* (“to flow”), also gave English *flux*, *fluent*, *fluid*, and *superfluous*, so a whole family of words was born from the idea of motion and overflow.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
refluere
“to flow back, ebb”
Late Latin
Latin
refluens
“flowing back”
Middle English
English
refluente
“flowing back; ebbing”
Modern English
English
refluent
“flowing back or returning”
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