English
flockwise
From flock + -wise.
Formed from flock + -wise
Proto-Germanic *flukkaz ‘crowd, troop’
Proto-West Germanic *flokk
Old English flocc ‘flock, company, troop’
Middle English flok
English flock
Today it means
adv In or as a flock.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flockwise