Etymology

overfly

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Today it means: To fly over something. Full definition →

English fly ← Middle English flien ← Old English flēogan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pléwketi
  10. Proto-Germanic*fleuganą
  11. Proto-West Germanic*fleugan
  12. Old Englishflēogan
  13. Middle Englishflien
  14. Englishfly
  15. English todayoverfly

From over- + fly.

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