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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 fleet" class="word__name--TTbAA">fleet<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">fleot</span> "a ship, a raft, a floating vessel," also, collectively, "means of sea travel; boats generally," from <span class="foreign notranslate">fleotan</span> "to float, swim," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*fleutanan </span>(source also of Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">fliotan</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">fliata</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">fljta</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">fliozzan</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vlieten</span> "to flow"), from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*pleud-</span>, extended form of root <a href="/word/*pleu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pleu- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pleu-</a> "to flow."</p> <p>The sense of "naval force, group of ships under one command" is in late Old English. The more usual Old English word was <span class="foreign notranslate">flota</span> "a ship," also "a fleet; a sailor." <span class="foreign notranslate">The fleet</span> for "the navy" is attested by 1712. The Old English word also meant "estuary, inlet, flow of water," especially the one into the Thames near Ludgate Hill, which lent its name to <span class="foreign notranslate">Fleet Street</span> (home of newspaper and magazine houses, hence its use metonymically for "the English press" since at least 1882) and <span class="foreign notranslate">Fleet prison</span> (long used for debtors).</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_38621" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of fleet" class="word__name--TTbAA">fleet<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"swift," 1520s, but probably older than the record; apparently from or cognate with Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">fliotr</span> "swift," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*fleutaz</span>, from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*pleud-</span>, extended form of root <a href="/word/*pleu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pleu- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pleu-</a> "to flow." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Fleetness</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1520s">1520s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_38622" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of fleet" class="word__name--TTbAA">fleet<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">fleotan</span> "to float; drift; flow, run (as water); swim; sail (of a ship)," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*fleutan</span> (source also of Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">fliata</span>, Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">fliotan</span> "to flow," Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">fliozzan</span> "to float, flow," German <span class="foreign notranslate">fliessen</span> "to flow, run, trickle" (as water), Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">fliota</span> "to float, flow"), from PIE root <a href="/word/*pleu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pleu- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pleu-</a> "to flow."</p> <p>Meaning "to glide away like a stream, vanish imperceptibly" is from c. 1200; hence "to fade, to vanish" (1570s). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Fleeted</span>; <a href="/word/fleeting" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fleeting " class="crossreference notranslate">fleeting</a>.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to fleet">Entries linking to <i>fleet</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 fleeting" href="/word/fleeting#etymonline_v_8872">fleeting<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<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., "fickle, shifting, unstable," from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">fleotende</span> "floating, drifting," later "flying, moving swiftly," from present participle of <span class="foreign notranslate">fleotan</span> "to float, drift, flow" (see <a href="/word/fleet#etymonline_v_38622" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fleet " class="crossreference notranslate">fleet</a> (v.)). Meaning "existing only briefly" is from 1560s. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Fleetingly</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 *pleu-" href="/word/*pleu-#etymonline_v_52582">*pleu-<!-- --> <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>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to flow."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/fletcher" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fletcher " class="crossreference notranslate">fletcher</a>; <a href="/word/fledge" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fledge " class="crossreference notranslate">fledge</a>; <a href="/word/flee" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flee " class="crossreference notranslate">flee</a>; <a href="/word/fleet#etymonline_v_38621" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fleet " class="crossreference notranslate">fleet</a> (adj.) "swift;" <a href="/word/fleet#etymonline_v_8871" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fleet " class="crossreference notranslate">fleet</a> (n.) "group of ships under one command;" <a href="/word/fleet#etymonline_v_38622" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fleet " class="crossreference notranslate">fleet</a> (v.) "to float, drift; flow, run;" <a href="/word/fleeting" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fleeting " class="crossreference notranslate">fleeting</a>; <a href="/word/flight#etymonline_v_8882" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flight " class="crossreference notranslate">flight</a> (n.1) "act of flying;" <a href="/word/flight#etymonline_v_8883" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flight " class="crossreference notranslate">flight</a> (n.2) "act of fleeing;" <a href="/word/flit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flit " class="crossreference notranslate">flit</a>; <a href="/word/float" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of float " class="crossreference notranslate">float</a>; <a href="/word/flood" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flood " class="crossreference notranslate">flood</a>; <a href="/word/flotsam" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flotsam " class="crossreference notranslate">flotsam</a>; <a href="/word/flotilla" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flotilla " class="crossreference notranslate">flotilla</a>; <a href="/word/flow" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flow " class="crossreference notranslate">flow</a>; <a href="/word/flue" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flue " class="crossreference notranslate">flue</a>; <a href="/word/flugelhorn" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flugelhorn " class="crossreference notranslate">flugelhorn</a>; <a href="/word/fluster" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluster " class="crossreference notranslate">fluster</a>; <a href="/word/flutter" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flutter " class="crossreference notranslate">flutter</a>; <a href="/word/fly#etymonline_v_8956" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fly " class="crossreference notranslate">fly</a> (v.1) "move through the air with wings;" <a href="/word/fly" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fly " class="crossreference notranslate">fly</a> (n.) "winged insect;" <a href="/word/fowl" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fowl " class="crossreference notranslate">fowl</a>; <a href="/word/plover" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of plover " class="crossreference notranslate">plover</a>; <a href="/word/Pluto" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Pluto " class="crossreference notranslate">Pluto</a>; <a href="/word/plutocracy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of plutocracy " class="crossreference notranslate">plutocracy</a>; <a href="/word/pluvial" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pluvial " class="crossreference notranslate">pluvial</a>; <a href="/word/pneumo-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pneumo- " class="crossreference notranslate">pneumo-</a>; <a href="/word/pneumonia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pneumonia " class="crossreference notranslate">pneumonia</a>; <a href="/word/pneumonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pneumonic " class="crossreference notranslate">pneumonic</a>; <a href="/word/pulmonary" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pulmonary " class="crossreference notranslate">pulmonary</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">plavate</span> "navigates, swims;" Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">plynein</span> "to wash," <span class="foreign notranslate">plein</span> "to navigate," <span class="foreign notranslate">ploein</span> "to float, swim," <span class="foreign notranslate">plotos</span> "floating, navigable," <span class="foreign notranslate">pyelos</span> "trough, basin;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">plovere</span> "to rain," <span class="foreign notranslate">pluvius</span> "rainy;" Armenian <span class="foreign notranslate">luanam</span> "I wash;" Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">flowan</span> "to flow;" Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">plovo</span> "to flow, navigate;" Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">pilu</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">pilti</span> "to pour out," <span class="foreign notranslate">plauju</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">plauti</span> "to swim, rinse."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></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 fleet">Trends of <i>fleet</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/. 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