Etymograph

English

flybridge

From fly + bridge.

A compound of fly + bridge

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 *brugjǭ ‘bridge’

Proto-West Germanic *bruggju ‘bridge’

Old English brycġ ‘bridge’

Middle English brigge ‘a bridge’

English bridge

Today it means

noun A flying bridge

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

Etymograph / flybridge