Etymograph

English

flunge

Blend of flèche + lunge, or of flying + lunge.

A blend of flèche + lunge

French flèche

English flèche

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

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Late Latin longare

Vulgar Latin *allongare

Old French alonge

French allonge

English lunge

Today it means

noun A method of attack with a sword (sabre), propelled from the front foot, like a flèche, but also landing on the front foot, like a lunge.

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

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