English
griffinfly
From griffin + fly.
Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ
Classical Latin grȳps
Late Latin grȳphus
Old French griffon
Middle English griffoun ‘a griffin’
English griffin
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
noun Any of various dragonfly-like insects of the order Meganisoptera that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Permian period.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / griffinfly