Superfluous

• PostEagle
• September 6, 2013
• Word Etymology
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The word for today is SUPERFLUOUS. This sounds like a double meaning entry but it is not. If a cup overflows, if cash is spilling out of your pocket, if data spills out of your memory, if you are using too many words instead of being terse – it means – to be SUPERFLUOUS. The Latin verb – FLUO, FLUERE, FLUXI, FLUCTUS means TO FLOW. The prefix or preposition – SUPER means ABOVE or BEYOND or OVER.

Related words are:
AFFLUENT  / AFFLUENCE  –   TO FLOW TOWARD (ad – to, toward)
INFLUENCE  –  TO FLOW INTO (in – in, on, into)
CONFLUENCE  –  TO FLOW TOGETHER  (cum, con – with, together)
EFFLUENCE  –  TO FLOW OUT (ex – out of, out from)
FLUCTUATE  –   TO FLOW
FLUX  – FLOWING