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FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word See also:
COMMON
common to See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
LANGUAGES
languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root as is seen in " flow," " See also:
FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal form f eotan; the Teutonic root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. " fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to sail, Lat. pluere, to rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus, wave, is not connect
float ") , an overflow of See also:

WATER

water, an expanse of water submerging See also:

LAND

land,a See also:

DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

deluge, hence " the See also:

flood," specifically, the Noachian deluge of See also:

Genesis, but also any other catastrophic submersion recorded in the See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology of other nations than the See also:

HEBREW

Hebrew (see DELUGE, THE) .

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