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Fluid

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a substance, such as a liquid or gas, that flows and takes the shape of its container
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Stage 1 of 2
fluidus
Latin · ancient
"flowing"
flowing, from fluere (to flow)
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Stage 2 of 2
fluid
English · 1600s
"a substance that flows, such as a liquid or gas"
settled as the English word for a substance that flows
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