flu / flux
to flow
Latin · fluere / fluxus
Latin fluere 'to flow', past form fluxus. Flu words are about flowing: fluid flows, fluent speech flows smoothly, influence is a flowing in, affluent means flowing with money.
Memory trick
A FLUid FLOWs; FLUent talk flows like a river, and FLUX is the flow itself.
Words from this root
- fluid (flu + id) — a liquid or gas that flowsतरल
- fluent (flu + ent) — speaking in a smooth flowधाराप्रवाह
- fluently (fluent + ly) — in a smooth flow of wordsधाराप्रवाह ढंग से
- flux (flux) — continuous flow or changeप्रवाह, परिवर्तन
- influence (in + flu + ence) — power that flows into othersप्रभाव
- affluent (af + flu + ent) — rich, flowing with wealthसंपन्न, धनी
- effluent (ef + flu + ent) — waste liquid flowing outबहता अपशिष्ट
- effluvium (ef + flu + vium) — bad-smelling outflowदुर्गंधयुक्त बहाव
- superfluous (super + flu + ous) — more than neededअनावश्यक, ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा
- mellifluous (melli + flu + ous) — sweet, flowing like honeyमधुर, मीठा
- mellifluously (mellifluous + ly) — in a sweet-flowing wayमधुर ढंग से