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
- Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration...
Ancestry of “fluted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flute | A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a... |
| 2 | Middle English | fleute | Alternative form of floute |
| 3 | Old French | flaüte | — |
| 4 | Old Occitan | flaüt | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *flabeolum | — |
| 6 | Latin | flare | present active infinitive of flō; second-person... |
Words derived from “fluted”