Etymograph

English

fastwalker

From fast + walker, from the notion that UFOs travel fast.

A compound of fast + walker

Proto-Germanic *fastuz ‘fixed’

Proto-West Germanic *fast ‘fixed’

Old English fæst ‘firm’

Middle English fast

English fast

Middle English walkere ‘one who walks’

English walker

The story

Originally a code word created by NORAD.

Today it means

noun Synonym of UFO.

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

Etymograph / fastwalker