flux

flux
flux (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. flus "flowing, rolling, bleeding," or directly from L. fluxus "flowing, loose, slack," pp. of fluere "to flow" (see FLUENT (Cf. fluent)). Originally "excessive flow" (of blood or excrement); an early name for "dysentery;" sense of "continuous succession of changes" is first recorded 1620s. The verb is early 15c., from the noun.

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