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Fluent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means able to speak, write, or move smoothly and with ease
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Stage 1 of 2
fluere
Latin · ancient
"to flow"
to flow
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Stage 2 of 2
fluent
English · 1580s
"able to speak or write smoothly and easily"
settled as the English word for speaking smoothly and easily
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