The story
- French · borrowed fromfloc“floc”
- Latin · derived fromfloccus“tuft of wool”
- English todayfloc
From Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), or from French floc (“floc”), from the same Latin source.
Words from the same roots
Latinfloccus all →
flossflocculentfloccus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.