m 3 a 1 e 1 l 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 o 1 m 3
9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
originThe word was originally the name of a giant whirlpool off Norway in the Arctic Ocean which was said to destroy all ships that came close to it, likely the actual tidal pool system of Moskstraumen in Lofoten. It is borrowed from early modern Dutch maelstrom (“whirlpool”) (obsolete) (modern Dutch maalstroom), from malen (“to whirl around; to grind”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- lemmas 10
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- momser 10