Etymology

flood

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Today it means: An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. Full definition →

Middle English flod ← Old English flōd ← Proto-West Germanic *flōdu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-
  2. Proto-Germanic*flōduz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*flōdu
  4. Old Englishflōd
  5. Middle Englishflod
  6. English todayflood

Inherited from Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)-. Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

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