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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><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to *pleu-">Entries linking to <i>*pleu-</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 fledge" href="/word/fledge#etymonline_v_8867">fledge<!-- --> <!-- -->(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>"to acquire feathers," 1560s, from Old English adjective <span class="foreign notranslate">*-flycge</span> (Kentish <span class="foreign notranslate">-flecge</span>; in <span class="foreign notranslate">unfligge</span> "featherless," glossing Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">implumes</span>) "having the feathers developed, fit to fly," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*flugja-</span> "feather" (source also of Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vlugge</span>, Low German <span class="foreign notranslate">flügge</span>), from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*pluk-</span> "to fly," extended form of root <a href="/word/*pleu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pleu- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pleu-</a> "to flow." Meaning "bring up a bird" (until it can fly on its own) is from 1580s. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Fledged</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">fledging</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 flee" href="/word/flee#etymonline_v_8868">flee<!-- --> <!-- -->(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">fleon</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">flion</span> "take flight, fly from, avoid, escape" (contracted class II strong verb; past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">fleah</span>, past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">flogen</span>), from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*fleuhanan</span> "to run away" (source also of Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">fliohan</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">flöja</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">flia</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">vlieden</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">fliehen</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">þliuhan</span> "to flee"), probably from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*pleuk-</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," but Boutkan is not convinced. Also compare <a href="/word/fly#etymonline_v_8957" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fly " class="crossreference notranslate">fly</a> (v.2).</p> <p>Weak past tense and past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">fled</span> emerged in Middle English under influence of Scandinavian. Old English had a transitive form, <span class="foreign notranslate">geflieman</span> "put to flight, banish, drive away," which came in handy in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">fled</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">Fleeing</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fleet" href="/word/fleet"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fleet</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fleeting" href="/word/fleeting"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fleeting</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fletcher" href="/word/fletcher"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fletcher</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flight" href="/word/flight"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flight</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flit" href="/word/flit"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flit</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of float" href="/word/float"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">float</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flood" href="/word/flood"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flood</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flotilla" href="/word/flotilla"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flotilla</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flotsam" href="/word/flotsam"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flotsam</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flow" href="/word/flow"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flow</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flue" href="/word/flue"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flue</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flugelhorn" href="/word/flugelhorn"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flugelhorn</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fluster" href="/word/fluster"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fluster</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of flutter" href="/word/flutter"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">flutter</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fly" href="/word/fly"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fly</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fowl" href="/word/fowl"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fowl</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of plover" href="/word/plover"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">plover</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Pluto" href="/word/Pluto"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Pluto</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/*pleu-/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->28<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></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="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of fleet" href="/word/fleet"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">fleet<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">Old English fleot "a ship, a raft, a floating vessel," also, collectively, "means of sea travel; boats generally," from fleotan "to float, swim," from Proto-Germanic *fleutanan (source also of Old Saxon fliotan, Old Frisian fliata, Old Norse fljta, Old High German fliozzan, Middl</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="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of flight" href="/word/flight"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">flight<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">"act of flying," Old English flyht "a flying, act or power of flying," from Proto-Germanic *flukhtiz (source also of Dutch vlucht "flight of birds," Old Norse flugr, Old High German flug, German Flug "flight"), from Proto-Germanic *flugti-, suffixed form of PIE root *pleu- "to fl</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="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of flit" href="/word/flit"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">flit<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. 1200, flitten, flytten, flutten "convey, move (a thing) from one place to another, take, carry away," also intransitive, "go away, move, migrate," from Old Norse flytja "to remove, bring," from Proto-Germanic *flutjan- "to float," from extended form of PIE root *pleu- "to flow</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 fly" href="/word/fly"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">fly<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">vlieghen, Dutch vliegen, Old High German fliogan, German fliegen, Old Norse flügja), from PIE *pleuk-, extended form of root *pleu...</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 fly" href="/word/fly"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">fly<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">flioga, German Fliege "fly"); literally "the flying (insect)" (compare Old English fleogende "flying"), from PIE root *pleu...</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="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of hocus-pocus" href="/word/hocus-pocus"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">hocus-pocus<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">magical formula used in conjuring, 1630s, earlier Hocas Pocas, common name of a magician or juggler (1620s); a sham-Latin invocation used by jugglers, perhaps based on a perversion of the sacramental blessing from the Mass, Hoc est corpus meum "This is my body." The first to make</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="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Eros" href="/word/Eros"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Eros<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">god of love, late 14c., from Greek eros (plural erotes), "god or personification of love; (carnal) love," from eran, eramai, erasthai "to desire," which is of uncertain origin. Beekes suggests it is from Pre-Greek. The Freudian sense of "urge to self-preservation and sexual pleas</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="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of censor" href="/word/censor"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">censor<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">1530s, "Roman magistrate of 5c. 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