English
fleshy
Fleshy comes from Middle English fleisshy.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fleisshy
- Englishearliest quotation 1850fleshy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fleisshy
- Englishearliest quotation 1850fleshy
Earliest quotation: 1850, Charles Dickens: “Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane,…”
Formed from flesh + -y
Proto-Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’
Proto-West Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’
Old English flǣsċ
Middle English flesh
English flesh
Every English word from Middle English fleisshy
Today it means
adj Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fleisshy / fleshy