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
- plural of flash; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “flashes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flash | To cause to shine briefly or intermittently; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | flasshen | — |