English
flyless
From fly + -less.
Formed from fly + -less
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
Today it means
adj Without flies (the insect).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flyless