Floor
/flɔːr/noun
The lower surface of a room or a level of a building.
Did you know?“Floor” is historically related to words for a field and a plain, showing how early Germanic speakers imagined the ground as something laid out, not just something under your feet.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleh₂-
“to spread, fill”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*flōrō
“a floor, ground, or level surface”
Old English
OE
flōr
“floor, ground, pavement”
Middle English
ME
flor
“floor, bottom, ground”
Modern English
English
floor
“the lower surface of a room or building level”