Where does “fling” come from?

fling (Jamaican Creole) comes from English fling, from Middle English fling.

fling (Jamaican Creole): to throw, to cast

Definitions

  1. to throw, to cast

Ancestry of “fling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflingAn act of throwing, often violently; An act of...
2Middle Englishfling—
Every word from Middle English fling →Every word from English fling →