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Where does the word "flux" come from? It comes from Latin fluxus, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "flux" come from? It comes from Latin fluxus, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Flux’s story begins in Latin: fluxus meant “a flowing.” A flowing, from fluere (to flow). It reached English by 1400s as flux. Settled as the English word for continuous change or flow. Today, flux means continuous change, or a state of ongoing movement and flow.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient fluxus "a flowing", a flowing, from fluere (to flow).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s flux "continuous change, or a state of flow", settled as the English word for continuous change or flow.