FLAKE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
form into flakes
Example: The substances started to flake
Categories: Form
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Verb
cover with flakes or as if with flakes
Categories: Cover
Synonyms
Chip, Peel off, Eccentric, Eccentric person, Scrap
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "flake" comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. It started in Proto-Germanic *flaką. Then it appeared in Old Norse flak. Later, people used it in Old English flacca. After that, it was Middle English flake. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Old Norse: flakna
- Norwegian: flak
- Swedish: flak
- Danish: flage
- German: Flocke
- Dutch: vlak
- Latin: plaga
🔗 Related Words
plage – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.