Etymology

flyable

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Today it means: Able to be flown; airworthy. Full definition →

English fly ← Middle English flien ← Old English flēogan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pléwketi
  4. Proto-Germanic*fleuganą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*fleugan
  6. Old Englishflēogan
  7. Middle Englishflien
  8. Englishfly
  9. English todayflyable

From fly + -able.

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