Etymograph

English

flipflash

From flip + flash, originally a trademark.

A compound of flip + flash

Middle English filippen ‘to make a signal or sound with thumb and…’

English flip

Middle English flasshen ‘to splash’

English flash

Today it means

noun A kind of flash unit for a camera, providing a certain number of flashes before needing to be flipped over and reinserted to use the remainder.

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

Etymograph / flipflash