英语词汇floe的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	floe
词源	floe n. 1817, first used by Arctic explorers, probably from Norwegian flo "layer, slab," from Old Norse flo, from Proto-Germanic floho-, from PIE root plak- (1) "to be flat." Related to first element in flagstone. Earlier explorers used flake. Floe-rat was a seal-hunter's name for the ringed seal (1862). Entries linking to floe plak- 1 also plāk-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be flat;" extension of root *pele- (2) "flat; to spread." It forms all or part of: flag (n.2) "flat stone for paving;" flagstone; flake (n.) "thin flat piece,; flaw; floe; fluke (n.3) "flatfish;" placenta; plagal; plagiarism; plagio-; planchet; plank. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek plakoeis "flat," plax "level surface, anything flat;" Lettish plakt "to become flat;" Old Norse flaga "layer of earth," Norwegian flag "open sea," Old English floh "piece of stone, fragment," Old High German fluoh "cliff." flagstone n. "any rock which splits easily into flags," 1730, from flag (n.2) "flat, split stone" + stone (n.). updated on August 03, 2021
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floe n.