English

flutemouth

From flute + mouth.

A compound of flute + mouth

Old Provençal flaüt

Old French flaute

Middle English fleute

English flute

Proto-Germanic *munþaz ‘mouth’

Proto-West Germanic *munþ ‘mouth’

Old English mūþ ‘mouth; opening’

Middle English mouth

English mouth

Today it means

noun The trumpetfish.

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

Etymograph / flutemouth