floc
English
noun
Definitions
- A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
Etymology
Derived from Latin floccus (tuft of wool, piece of wool, a wisp, flock) borrowed from French floc (floc).
Origin
French
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Gloss
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- floccinaucinihilipilification English
- floccus English
- floccosus Latin
- floccus Latin
- fiocco Italian
- floc French
- flocon French
- fleco Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰlok- Proto-Indo-European
- floco Portuguese
- flosche Old French
- floc Catalan, Valencian
- floc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- floccho Old High German
- flok Albanian
- *flokkō Frankish
- floc Dalmatian
- cioccà Neapolitan