Where does “flingee” come from?

flingee (English) comes from English fling, from Middle English fling.

flingee (English): A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance

Definitions

  1. A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance

Ancestry of “flingee”, step by step

flingee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflingAn act of throwing, often violently; An act of...
2Middle Englishfling—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Middle English fling →Every word from English fling →