English
fleetname
From fleet + name.
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
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
Proto-Germanic *namô ‘name’
Proto-West Germanic *namō ‘name’
Old English nama ‘name’
Middle English name
English name
Today it means
noun The name of a fleet of buses, coaches or lorries
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fleetname