Where does “fluted” come from?

Fluted comes from Middle English, derived from Old Occitan flaut, which may be connected to Proto-Indo-European plew- and Arabic عود and نُور through uncertain intermediate steps.

fluted (English): Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration...

Definitions

  1. Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration...

Ancestry of “fluted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluteA woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a...
2Middle EnglishfleuteAlternative form of floute
3Old Frenchflaüte—
4Old Occitanflaütflute musical instrument
5Vulgar Latin*flabeolum—
6Latinflarepresent active infinitive of flō; second-person...

Words derived from “fluted”

Every word from Latin flare →Every word from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum →Every word from Old Occitan flaüt →