English
beflee
Beflee comes from Old English beflēon ‘to flee from, flee, escape, avoid’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fleuhaną‘to flee’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fleuhan‘to flee’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150flēon‘to flee’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150beflēon‘to flee from, flee, escape, avoid’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500biflen
- Englishtodaybeflee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fleuhaną‘to flee’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fleuhan‘to flee’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150flēon‘to flee’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150beflēon‘to flee from, flee, escape, avoid’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500biflen
- Englishtodaybeflee
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘flow’
flow, pneumonia, plutonium, plough, plover, flue, plutocracy, 23 more
through Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to fly, flow, run’
fly, flown, flew, flock, fowler, fowl, floss, flay, fogle, 10 more
Today it means
verb To flee from; flee; avoid; shun.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną / beflee