French flotter

← Old English flotian (cognate)

← Middle Dutch vlōten (cognate)

← English float (cognate)

← Middle French flotter (inherited)

← Old French floter (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *flutōną (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *plew- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (mention)

← Old Norse flota (cognate)

→ Catalan flotar (borrowed)

→ Spanish flotar (borrowed)

→ French flotte (mention)

→ French flottage (suffix)

→ French flottaison (suffix)

→ French flottement (suffix)

→ French flotteur (suffix)

→ French flottation (suffix)

→ Italian flottare (borrowed)