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Where does “flipple” come from?

flipple (English) comes from English Le, from French lé, from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus.

flipple (English): To flip, flop, or fumble repeatedly

Definitions

  1. To flip, flop, or fumble repeatedly

Ancestry of “flipple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLe—
2Frenchlébreadth, width; strip, length
3Frenchmoinemonk
4Middle Frenchmoinemonk
5Old Frenchmonie—
6Latinmonicus—
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