Etymograph

English

flaggot

Blend of flaming + faggot

A blend of flaming + faggot

Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to sail’

Proto-Germanic *flaumaz ‘stream’

Middle High German vlaeminc

English flaming

Middle English fagot ‘faggot, bavin’

English faggot

Today it means

noun An ostentatiously effeminate gay person.

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

Etymograph / flaggot