Where does “flagstone” come from?
Flagstone comes from English flack and Old English stān, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand or be firm.
flagstone (English): A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used...
Definitions
- A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used...
Ancestry of “flagstone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flag | A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem,... |
| 2 | English | flack | To flutter; palpitate; To hang loosely; flag; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | flacken | to palpitate, flutter; to move to and fro,... |
| 4 | German | flackern | to flicker |
| 5 | Middle High German | vlackern | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flakuraz | shaking, wavering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plāg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelə- | to wander; to fill |
Words derived from “flagstone”