Etymology

flyleaf

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Today it means: A blank leaf at the front or back of a book. Full definition →

English leaf ← Middle English lef ← Old English lēaf
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The story

  1. Englishfly
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*laubą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*laub
  5. Old Englishlēaf
  6. Middle Englishlef
  7. Englishleaf
  8. English todayflyleaf

From fly + leaf.

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