Where does “floconneux” come from?
floconneux (French) comes from French flocon, from French floc, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
floconneux (French): flaky; fleecy, fluffy
Definitions
- flaky; fleecy, fluffy
Ancestry of “floconneux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flocon | a flock; a snowflake, a small mass of falling... |
| 2 | French | floc | splosh; plop |
| 3 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 4 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |