Definition of
Maelstrom
- (noun, event) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
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Origin of the word Maelstrom
- 1682 (Hakluyt has Malestrand, c.1560), "whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway," from Dan. malstr?m (1673), from Du. Maelstrom, lit. "grinding-stream," from malen "to grind" (see meal) + stroom "stream" (see stream). Name given by Du. cartographers (e.g. Mercator, 1595). Perhaps originally from F?roic mal(u)streymur. Popularized as a synonym for "whirlpool" c.1841.
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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