Etymograph

English

Mothman

From moth + man.

A compound of moth + man

Middle English moth

English moth

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

name A legendary creature, regarded as a cryptid or alien, reportedly seen in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mothman