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Where does “unfluted” come from?

unfluted (English) comes from English fluted, from English flute, from Middle English fleute, from Old French flaüte, from Old Occitan flaüt, from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, from Latin flare — present active infinitive of flō; second-person...

unfluted (English): Not fluted

Definitions

  1. Not fluted

Ancestry of “unfluted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflutedHaving flutes or grooves, either for decoration...
2EnglishfluteA woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a...
3Middle EnglishfleuteAlternative form of floute
4Old Frenchflaüte—
5Old Occitanflaüt—
6Vulgar Latin*flabeolum—
7Latinflarepresent active infinitive of flō; second-person...
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