Where does “spaceflight” come from?
Spaceflight derives from English space and English flight, where space comes from Old English flyht through Latin spatium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European plew- meaning to flow or spread.
spaceflight (English): Alternative spelling of space flight
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of space flight
Ancestry of “spaceflight”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | space flight | Flight into, from or through space; A voyage in... |
| 2 | English | flight | The act of flying; An instance of flying; The act... |
| 3 | Middle English | flight | flight (act of flying) |
| 4 | Old English | flyht | flight |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |