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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of flood" class="word__name--TTbAA">flood<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">flōd</span> "a flowing of water, tide, an overflowing of land by water, a deluge, Noah's Flood; mass of water, river, sea, wave," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*floduz</span> "flowing water, deluge" (source also of Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">flod</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">floð</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vloet</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vloed</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Flut</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">flodus</span>), from suffixed form of PIE verbal root <a href="/word/*pleu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pleu- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pleu-</a> "to flow" (also the source of <a href="/word/flow" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flow " class="crossreference notranslate">flow</a>). In early modern English often <span class="foreign notranslate">floud</span>. Figurative use, "a great quantity, a sudden abundance," by mid-14c.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_46057" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of flood" class="word__name--TTbAA">flood<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1660s, "to overflow" (transitive), from <a href="/word/flood#etymonline_v_8904" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flood " class="crossreference notranslate">flood</a> (n.). Intransitive sense "to rise in a flood" is from 1755. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Flooded</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">flooding</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1660s">1660s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to flood">Entries linking to <i>flood</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of flow" href="/word/flow#etymonline_v_8926">flow<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">flowan</span> "to flow, stream, issue; become liquid, melt; abound, overflow" (class VII strong verb; past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">fleow</span>, past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">flowen</span>), from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*flowan</span> "to flow" (source also of Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vloyen</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vloeien</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">vloeijen</span> "to flow," Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">floa</span> "to deluge," Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">flouwen</span> "to rinse, wash"), from PIE root <a href="/word/*pleu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pleu- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pleu-</a> "to flow." The weak form predominated from 14c., but strong past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">flown</span> is occasionally attested through 18c. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Flowed</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">flowing</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of flood-gate" href="/word/flood-gate#etymonline_v_33224">flood-gate<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>early 13c. in the figurative sense "opportunity for a great venting" (especially with reference to tears or rain); literal sense is mid-15c. (gate designed to let water in or keep it out as desired, especially the lower gate of a lock); from <a href="/word/flood#etymonline_v_8904" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flood " class="crossreference notranslate">flood</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/gate#etymonline_v_1309" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gate " class="crossreference notranslate">gate</a> (n.).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of floodlight" href="/word/floodlight"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">floodlight</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flood-plain" href="/word/flood-plain"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flood-plain</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flood-tide" href="/word/flood-tide"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flood-tide</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *pleu-" href="/word/*pleu-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*pleu-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/flood/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->6<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of flood">Trends of <i>flood</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of deluge" href="/word/deluge"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">deluge<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "an overflowing of water, a great flood, Noah's Flood in Genesis," from Old French deluge (12c.), earlier deluve, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation," from diluere "wash away," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + -luere, combining form of lavere "to wash" (from PIE root </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of torrent" href="/word/torrent"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">torrent<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1600, "rapid stream," from French torrent (16c.) and directly from Latin torrentem (nominative torrens) "rushing, roaring" (of streams), also "a rushing stream," originally as an adjective "roaring, boiling, burning, parching, hot, inflamed," present participle of torrere "to </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of deluge" href="/word/deluge"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">deluge<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "an overflowing of water, a great flood, Noah's Flood in Genesis," from Old French deluge (12c.), earlier deluve, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation," from diluere "wash away," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + -luere, combining form of lavere "to wash" (from PIE root </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of antediluvian" href="/word/antediluvian"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">antediluvian<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"before Noah's flood," 1640s, from Latin ante "before" (from PIE root *ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "...in front of, before") + diluvium "a flood" (see deluge (n.))....As a noun meaning "person who lived before the Flood," from 1680s. Related: antediluvial (1823)....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of neap" href="/word/neap"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">neap<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"low, lowest," applied to tides which have the least difference of height between the flood and ebb, late 15c., from Old...English nepflod "neap flood," the tide occurring at the end of the first and third quarters of the lunar month, in which...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of libation" href="/word/libation"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">libation<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Hittite lilai- "to let go;" Albanian lyse, lise "a stream;" Welsh lliant "a stream, a sea," llifo "to flow;" Old Irish lie "a flood...;" Breton livad "inundation;" Gaelic lighe "a flood, overflow;" Gothic leithu "fruit wine;" Old Church Slavonic liti, lêju...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of lake" href="/word/lake"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">lake<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">There was a Germanic form of the PIE root which yielded Old Norse lögr "sea flood, water," Old English lacu "stream, pool..., pond," lagu "sea flood, water, extent of the sea," leccan "to moisten" (see leak (v.))....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of plenty" href="/word/plenty"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">plenty<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-13c., "abundance; as much as one could desire; an ample supply," from Old French plentee, earlier plentet "abundance, profusion" (12c., Modern French dialectal plenté), from Latin plenitatem (nominative plenitas) "fullness," from plenus "full, filled, greatly crowded; stout, </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of mass" href="/word/mass"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">mass<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "irregular shaped lump; body of unshaped, coherent matter," from Old French masse "lump, heap, pile; crowd, large amount; 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