English

flutterer

Flutterer comes from Middle English flotterer.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from flutter + -er

Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to float, swim, fly’

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Proto-Germanic *flutōną ‘to float’

Proto-Germanic *flutrōną

Old English floterian ‘to float about, flutter’

Middle English floteren ‘to be held up or be supported by water’

Every English word from Middle English flotterer

noun Any of various dragonflies of the genus Rhyothemis.

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