alluvio

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • The act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood.
  • (legal) An addition made to land by deposition of silt or soil by water, alluvion.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (wash, bathe, cut off, separate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lewh₃-

Gloss

wash, bathe, cut off, separate

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