An archaic or variant plural form of effluvium, referring to multiple streams of invisible emanations.
Latin plural formation of effluvium using the -via ending, a less common variant than effluvia. Represents different regional or scholarly preferences in Latinized English.
This word shows how English struggled with borrowed Latin words—different scholars insisted on different plural forms, creating competing versions that all meant the same thing, much like how 'octopi' and 'octopuses' compete today.
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