Etymograph

English

fleetful

From fleet + -ful.

Formed from fleet + -ful

Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to flow, run’

Proto-Germanic *fleutaną ‘to float, stream’

Old English flēotan ‘to float’

Old English flēot ‘ship’

Middle English flete

English fleet

Today it means

adj swift, rapid

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

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