'Maelstrom' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'maalstroom'. The word entered the English language some time around 1682.
maelstrom [noun] [1682]
- a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius
- something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence
See 'maelstrom' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Obsolete Dutch (now 'maalstroom'), from 'malen' to grind + 'strom' stream
See more loan words from 1600s.
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