Where does “flottant” come from?

flottant (French) comes from French flotter, from Middle French flotter, 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.

flottant (French): floating; vacillating, fluctuating, indecisive,...

Definitions

  1. floating; vacillating, fluctuating, indecisive,...

Ancestry of “flottant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchflotterTo float; to flutter, to wave; to mill about
2Middle Frenchflotterto float
3Old Frenchfloterto float
4Frankishflotōnto float, swim
5Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flottant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →
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