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flotsam

flot·sam

UK/ˈflɒtsəm/ US/ˈflɑtsəm/ rare

noun

1.

the floating wreckage of a ship

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Origin

From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.

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