Etymograph

English

fleck

Fleck comes from Middle English *flekk.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*flekkreconstructed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1675fleck

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*flekkreconstructed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1675fleck

Earliest quotation: 1675, William Rabisha, The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected: “two flecks of Lard cut with your knife”.

The story

From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (‘spotted, flecked’)), from Old Norse flekkr (‘spot’), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-.

Every English word from Middle English *flekk

Today it means

noun A flake.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English *flekk / fleck

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