Flo

See also: flo, fló, and flo'

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /floʊ/
• Homophones: flow, floe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Proper noun

Flo

1. A diminutive of the female given names Florence or Flora.

Derived terms

• Aunt Flo

Anagrams

• FOL, LFO, fol., lof, olf

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

1. (Uri) flea

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

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”).

Proper noun

Flo n (genitive Flos)

1. Flo distrikt (a district of Sweden)
2. Flo socken (a village in Sweden)

References

• Svensk Uppslagsbok andra upplagan 1947–1955: Flo socken
• Harlén, Hans; Harlén Eivy (2003). Sverige från A till Ö: geografisk-historisk uppslagsbok. Stockholm: Kommentus.