Definition of INFLOOD

inflood

Meanings

Plural: infloods

Noun

  • The act or process of flooding or flowing in; an inflow or influx.

Verb

  • Of a river, water, etc.: to flood or flow into (a place).
  • To flood or flow in; to inflow.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁én
From in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; towards’) + flood (“overflow of water from a lake or other body of water; flowing in of the tide; to overflow; to cover or partly fill as if by a flood”). Compare Saterland Frisian Íenfloud (“influence”), West Frisian ynfloed (“influence”), Dutch invloed (“influence”), Middle Low German invlôt (“influence”), German Einfluss (“influence”), Danish indflydelse (“influence”), Swedish inflytande (“influence”), Norwegian innflytelse (“influence”).

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