English

flightworthy

From flight + -worthy.

Formed from flight + -worthy

Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to fly’

Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’

Proto-West Germanic *fluhti ‘flight’

Old English flyht ‘flight’

Middle English flight

Today it means

adj Safe enough to fly

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

Etymograph / flightworthy