Etymograph

English

floc

Floc may come from Latin floccus ‘tuft of wool’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfloccus‘tuft of wool’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005floc

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfloccus‘tuft of wool’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005floc

Earliest quotation: 2005, Fred A. Bernstein, In My Backyard, Please: The Infrastructure Beautiful Movemen: “It might seem that Mr. Holl, whose initial sketches…”

Linked words

through Latin floccus ‘tuft of wool’

frog, floss, 5 more

Today it means

noun A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.

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Etymograph / Latin floccus / floc

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