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Where does “flicker” come from?

Flicker comes from English flick, Chinese 兒, Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -are, Latin -arius, Latin -us, and Proto-Italic -os.

flicker (English): An unsteady flash of light; A short moment; To...

Definitions

  1. An unsteady flash of light; A short moment; To...

Ancestry of “flicker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishflikerento flutter
2Old Englishflicerian—

Words derived from “flicker”

  • flickering
  • unflickering
  • flickeringly
  • flickery
  • aflicker
  • nonflickering
  • flickereth
  • flickertail
  • flickersome
  • flickerer
  • bean flicker
  • bean-flicker
  • antiflicker
  • Flickertail State
Every word from Old English flicerian →