English

flute-player

From flute + player.

A compound of flute + player

Old Provençal flaüt

Old French flaute

Middle English fleute

English flute

Proto-West Germanic *plegārī

Old English pleġere ‘player, athlete’

Middle English pleyere ‘one who plays a game or sport’

Today it means

noun Someone who plays a flute.

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

Etymograph / flute-player