英语词汇floater的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	floater
词源	floater n. "one who or that which floats," 1717, agent noun from float (v.). From 1847 in political slang for an independent voter (but with suggestion of purchasability); 1859 as "one who frequently changes place of residence or employment." Meaning "dead body found in water" is 1890, U.S. slang. Entries linking to floater float v. late Old English flotian "to rest on the surface of water" (intransitive; II strong verb; past tense fleat, past participle floten), from Proto-Germanic flotan "to float" (source also of Old Norse flota, Middle Dutch vloten, Old High German flozzan, German flössen), from PIE plud-, extended form of root pleu- "to flow." Meaning "drift about, hover passively" is from c. 1300. Transitive sense of "to lift up, cause to float" (of water, etc.) is from c. 1600; that of "set (something) afloat" is from 1778 (originally of financial operations). Of motion through air, from 1630s. Meaning "hover dimly before the eyes" is from 1775. Related: Floated; floating. A floating rib* (by 1802) is so called because the anterior ends are not connected to the rest. updated on November 26, 2014
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floater n.