flete
Middle English
/fleːt/, /fleːt/
noun
Definitions
- A fleet; a collection or grouping of vessels.
- (rare) A group of soldiers.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flēot (fleet, the mouth of a river, bay, ship, a bay, an arm of the sea, estuary, gulf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fleutaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fleutaz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airfleet English
- fleet English
- fleet race English
- fleet racing English
- fleetfooted English
- fleetly English
- fleetmate English
- fleetname English
- fleetness English
- fleetside English
- fleetwide English
- interfleet English
- nonfleet English
- subfleet English
- *plewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *fleutaz Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- flēot Old English
- fljótr Old Norse