English
space flight
Compound of space + flight.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- ‘to stretch’
Latin spatium ‘space’
Old French espace ‘space’
Anglo-Norman space
Middle English space
English space
Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to fly’
Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’
Proto-West Germanic *fluhti ‘flight’
Old English flyht ‘flight’
Middle English flight
English flight
Today it means
noun Flight into, from or through space.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / space flight