luto-, lut-, luv-, lu- +
(Latin: wash, clean; washing of water against the shore; a flood)
From Latin luere, "to wash" which is related to lavare, "to wash".
eluvium
1. Fine soil material that has been moved and deposited by the wind.
2. Residual deposits of soil, dust, and sand produced by the action of the wind.
3. An accumulation of residual rock debris formed in place by weathering and disintegration.
In ecology, a sand dune community.
illutible
Anything which can not be washed away.
illuvial
Relating to the process of illuviation, or a soil horizon or other material added to or transported by illuviation.
illuviation
The accumulation in a lower soil horizon of soluble or suspended minerals, clays, salts, and colloids leached down from an upper horizon.
illuvium
The material leached by physical or chemical processes from an upper soil horizon (stratification) and redeposited in a lower horizon.
pediluvium
A foot bath or feet washing.
postdiluvial
A reference to anyone, or anything, that exists or occurs after the Biblical Flood.
postdiluvium (pohst" di LYOO vee uhn)
A reference to the time immediately after the Biblical Flood.
A special article about the historical background of washing and ablutions or cleanliness via washing.
Related "wash" words:
balneo-;
clys-;
lav-;
plyno-.
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