Where does “flotant” come from?

flotant (English) comes from Old French flotant, from Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flotant (English): Represented as flying or streaming in the air or...

Definitions

  1. Represented as flying or streaming in the air or...

Ancestry of “flotant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflotantpresent participle of floter; floating; that...
2Old Frenchfloterto float
3Frankishflotōnto float, swim
4Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →
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