Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “flaute” come from?

flaute (Old French) comes from Old Occitan flaüt, from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, from Latin flare — present active infinitive of flō; second-person...

Ancestry of “flaute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanflaüt—
2Vulgar Latin*flabeolum—
3Latinflarepresent active infinitive of flō; second-person...

Words derived from “flaute”

  • kremfløyte
  • fløyt
  • fløyte
  • vloite
  • flöute
  • velute
  • vloite
Every word from Latin flare →