I Learned Something New

I stumbled across a Word-A-Day web site today – courtesy of Wordsmith.org. The word of  the day today is “fluvial”, a word I have previously heard but not known the exact definition for. Courtesy of WordSmith.org, here is everything about “fluvial”:

PRONUNCIATION: (FLOO-vee-uhl)

MEANING: Of or relating to a river or stream.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fluvius (river), from fluere (to flow). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhleu- (to swell or overflow), from which flow words such as affluent, influence, influenza, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, fluoride, flush, flux, reflux, and superfluous.

USAGE: ”Our fiesta celebration featured a fluvial procession on the Marikina and Pasig Rivers.” Jaime Laya; A Manila-Marikina-Valencia Connection; Manila Bulletin (Philippines); May 16, 2010.

Yesterdays’ word was “rotund”. I’m unfortunately quite familiar with that word.