Etymograph

English

flocculus

Flocculus 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. Englishtodaysame form

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. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin floccus ‘tuft, wisp of wool’

frog, flock, floss, 4 more

Today it means

noun A small fluffy tuft.

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

Etymograph / Latin floccus / flocculus

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