Etymograph

English

flyproof

From fly + -proof.

Formed from fly + -proof

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 Resistant to flies (the insect).

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

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