Etymograph

English

floccule

Floccule comes from Latin flocculus ‘diminutive of floccus: a small tuft’, and goes back to floccus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfloccus‘tuft, wisp of wool’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflocculus‘diminutive of floccus: a small tuft’
  3. Englishtodayfloccule

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfloccus‘tuft, wisp of wool’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflocculus‘diminutive of floccus: a small tuft’
  3. Englishtodayfloccule

Linked words

through Latin floccus ‘tuft, wisp of wool’

frog, flock, floss, 4 more

Today it means

noun A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.

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Etymograph / Latin floccus / floccule

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