{"era":"1200s","word":"afloat","meaning":"floating on water","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"a-","meaning":"on, in (reduced form of 'on')","children":[],"language":"Old English"},{"era":"1200s","word":"float","meaning":"to rest on the surface of water","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"flotian","meaning":"to float, swim","children":[{"era":"prehistoric","word":"*plew-","meaning":"to flow, float, swim","children":[],"language":"Proto-Indo-European"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}