flotilla的词源

英文词源

flotilla

flotilla: see float

flotilla (n.)

"a small fleet," 1711, from Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota "a fleet," from flotar "to float," which is said to be from Old French floter "to float, set afloat," which is from a word in Frankish or some other Germanic language corresponding to Old English flood (n.). Compare Old Norse floti "raft; fleet." Sometimes also "a fleet of small ships."

中文词源

flotilla：小型舰队

flot, 同fleet,舰队。-illa, 小词后缀。

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