Where does “floodlighting” come from?
floodlighting (English) comes from English floodlight, from English flood, from Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic flōdu, from Proto-Germanic flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
floodlighting (English): present participle of floodlight
Definitions
- present participle of floodlight
Ancestry of “floodlighting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | floodlight | A projector of a bright beam of light for use in... |
| 2 | English | flood | A overflow of water from a lake or other body of... |
| 3 | Middle English | flod | A waterbody or water in general; A flood; a... |
| 4 | Old English | flōd | river, flood |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | flōdu | river; flood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flōduz | river; flood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |