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The words we have an etymology for, grouped by where they came from. Every ancestry percentage on a report divides by this list, not by the word count.

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  • FLETTONnoun1 finderA clay brick.
  • FLEURETnounFrench5 findersAn ornament resembling a small flower.
  • FLEURONnounOld French14 findersAn ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
  • FLEWverbProto-Germanic17 finderssimple past of fly
  • FLEWEDadjective3 findersHaving large flews, the hanging upper lip common to certain breeds of dog.
  • FLEXnounLatin42 findersFlexibility, pliancy.
  • FLEXAGONnoun9 findersA flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
  • FLEXICURITYnounDanish1 finderA welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the emp
  • FLEXIHOURSnoun2 findersFlexitime.
  • FLEXILEadjectiveLatin1 finderFlexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.
  • FLEXIONnounFrench202 findersThe act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
  • FLEXITARIANnoun31 findersOne who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
  • FLEXITIMEnoun4 findersAn arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
  • FLEXOnoun2 findersflexography.
  • FLEXOGRAPHIESnoun7 findersA method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
  • FLEXOGRAPHYnoun15 findersA method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
  • FLEXORnounLatin51 findersA muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
  • FLEXOSnoun1 finderflexography.
  • FLEXUOUSadjectiveLatin8 finderswinding from side to side; sinuous
  • FLEXUOUSLYadverb1 finderIn a flexuous way.
  • FLEXURALadjective3 findersof, or relating to, flexure
  • FLEXUREnounLatin15 findersThe act of bending or flexing; flexion.
  • FLEXYadjective3 findersImplying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex; flexible; bendy.
  • FLEYverbOld English15 findersTo frighten.
  • FLICnoun10 findersA data file containing computer animations.
  • FLICKnounMiddle English33 findersA short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  • FLICKABLEadjective4 findersCapable of being flicked.
  • FLICKERnounGerman31 findersAn unsteady flash of light.
  • FLICKERINGLYadverb2 findersIn a flickering manner
  • FLICKERYadjective38 findersSeeming to flicker; unsteady
  • FLIERadjective22 finderscomparative form of fly: more fly
  • FLIESTadjective7 finderssuperlative form of fly: most fly
  • FLIGHTnounProto-Indo-European48 findersThe act of flying; the ability to fly.
  • FLIGHTEDadjective36 findersHaving flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
  • FLIGHTILYadverb3 findersIn a flighty manner.
  • FLIGHTINESSnoun1 finderThe quality of being flighty.
  • FLIGHTYadjective147 findersGiven to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
  • FLIMSIESnoun1 finderSkimpy underwear.
  • FLIMSYadjective178 findersLikely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
  • FLINCHnounProto-Indo-European49 findersA reflexive jerking away.
  • FLINCHERnoun18 findersOne who flinches.
  • FLINDERnounProto-Indo-European11 findersA small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
  • FLINDERSnounGerman42 findersfragments, splinters
  • FLINGnounMiddle English32 findersAn act of throwing, often violently.
  • FLINGERnoun19 findersOne who flings or hurls something.
  • FLINKITEnoun1 finderA mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
  • FLINTnounAncient Greek92 findersA hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescen
  • FLINTHEADnoun1 finderA bird, the wood stork.
  • FLINTIFYverb2 findersTo turn to flint.
  • FLINTILYadverb12 findersIn a flinty manner.
  • FLINTLIKEadjective9 findersResembling flint; stony.
  • FLINTLOCKnoun42 findersAn early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
  • FLINTYadjective138 findersResembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
  • FLIPnounMiddle English24 findersA maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  • FLIPPANCYnoun28 findersA disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
  • FLIPPANTadjectiveGerman60 findersShowing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
  • FLIPPANTLYadverb74 findersIn a flippant manner.
  • FLIPPERnoun10 findersIn marine mammals such as whales (or other secondarily aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
  • FLIPPYadjective16 findersHaving a tendency to flip.
  • FLIPSIDEnoun6 findersThe reverse, in contrast to the obverse.
  • FLIRTnounNorwegian21 findersA sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
  • FLIRTATIONnoun3 findersPlaying at courtship; coquetry.
  • FLIRTATIOUSadjective4 findersOf or pertaining to flirtation.
  • FLIRTISHadjective5 findersof the nature of, or characterizing a flirt
  • FLIRTYadjective30 findersFlirting, or seeming to flirt.
  • FLISKIERadjective1 finderFrisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper.
  • FLISKYadjective5 findersFrisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper.
  • FLITnounProto-Indo-European117 findersA fluttering or darting movement.
  • FLITCHnounProto-Indo-European46 findersThe flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
  • FLITEnounProto-Germanic14 findersa quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
  • FLITTERverbOld Norse27 findersTo scatter in pieces.
  • FLITTINGnoun14 findersgerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
  • FLIXnoun76 findersThe soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
  • FLIXEDnoun7 findersThe soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
  • FLIXESnoun7 findersThe soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
  • FLIXINGnoun1 finderThe soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
  • FLOATverbProto-Indo-European28 findersTo be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
  • FLOATABLEadjective3 findersThat may be floated.
  • FLOATERnoun17 findersA person who floats. A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. A corpse floating in a body of water. A person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role. A
  • FLOATINGadjective45 findersThat floats or float.
  • FLOATINGLYadverb1 finderIn a floating manner; so as to float or to appear to float.
  • FLOATYadjective11 findersTending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant. Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawin
  • FLOBnoun50 findersSpittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.
  • FLOCnounFrench29 findersA floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
  • FLOCCOSEadjectiveLatin5 findersCovered or growing in wooly tufts
  • FLOCCULATEverbLatin8 findersTo collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool.
  • FLOCCULATIONnoun10 findersA condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
  • FLOCCULEnounLatin14 findersA small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.
  • FLOCCULENTadjectiveLatin70 findersFlocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
  • FLOCCULUSnounLatin6 findersA small fluffy tuft.
  • FLOCCUSnounLatin16 findersA cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulu
  • FLOCKnounProto-Germanic49 findersA number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of shee
  • FLOCKEDadjective69 findersOf a bristle, having split, bushy ends.
  • FLOCKYadjective8 findersAbounding with flocks (tufts); floccose.
  • FLOEnounOld Norse35 findersA low, flat mass of floating ice.
  • FLOGverbProto-Germanic102 findersTo whip or scourge as punishment.
  • FLOGGERnoun5 findersOne who flogs.
  • FLOKATInounItalian7 findersA handwoven woolen rug with a thick pile.
  • FLONGnounFrench13 findersA mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype.
  • FLOODnounProto-Indo-European15 findersAn 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.

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