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Where does “flashes” come from?

Flashes comes from Middle English flasshen and flasken, from Frankish flaska, Proto-Germanic flaskǭ, and Proto-Indo-European roots pleḱ-, plek-, and pel-.

flashes (English): plural of flash; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of flash; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “flashes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflashTo cause to shine briefly or intermittently; To...
2Middle Englishflasshen—
Every word from Middle English flasshen →