English
flotant
Flotant comes from Old French flotant.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flotant
- Englishearliest quotation 1985same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flotant
- Englishearliest quotation 1985same form
Earliest quotation: 1985, Society of Economic Paleontologists and : “... (flotants) occur in abandoned distributaries and throughout the…”
Every English word from Old French flotant
Today it means
adj Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French flotant / flotant