flote/fləʊt/EtymologyCompare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).flote means A wave. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nounA wave.“Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe, And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote Bound ſadly home for Naples, Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt, And his great perſon periſh.”verbTo fleet; to skim.“seald their Milk before they flote it”