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Where does the word "fluid" come from? It comes from Latin fluidus, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
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Where does the word "fluid" come from? It comes from Latin fluidus, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
Fluid’s story begins in Latin: fluidus meant “flowing.” Flowing, from fluere (to flow). It reached English by 1600s as fluid. Settled as the English word for a substance that flows. Today, fluid means a substance, such as a liquid or gas, that flows and takes the shape of its container.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient fluidus "flowing", flowing, from fluere (to flow).
- Stage 2 · English · 1600s fluid "a substance that flows, such as a liquid or gas", settled as the English word for a substance that flows.