English
flybane
From fly + bane.
Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’
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Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ ‘flying insect, fly’
Proto-West Germanic *fleugā ‘fly’
Old English flēge ‘a fly’
Middle English fflye
English fly
Proto-Germanic *banô ‘killer, murderer, slayer’
Proto-West Germanic *banō
Old English bana ‘person or thing that causes death, murderer’
Middle English bane ‘person or thing that destroys life, murderer,…’
English bane
Today it means
noun Certain catchflies of the genus Silene.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flybane