Flo
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fləʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /floʊ/
- Homophones: flow, floe
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Proper noun
Flo
- A diminutive of the female given names Florence or Flora.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Albanian
Proper noun
Flo m
- a male given name
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German vlō, from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.
Cognate with German Floh, Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló.
Noun
Flo m
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flo/
Proper noun
Flo m or f by sense
- a diminutive of the female given name Florence
- a diminutive of the male given name Florent
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
Attested in 1305 as Flo, name of a church village, probably containing the element flo(e) (“small body of water, pool, marsh”), from Old Norse flōi (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”).[1]
Proper noun
Flo n (genitive Flos)
References
- Svensk Uppslagsbok andra upplagan 1947–1955: Flo socken
- Harlén, Hans; Harlén Eivy (2003). Sverige från A till Ö: geografisk-historisk uppslagsbok. Stockholm: Kommentus.
- ^ Mats Wahlberg, red (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen.