English
flutterment
From flutter + -ment.
Formed from flutter + -ment
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’
English flutter
Today it means
noun A state of fluttering excitement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flutterment