Etymograph

English

refly

From re- + fly.

Formed from re- + fly

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’

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Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ ‘flying insect, fly’

Proto-West Germanic *fleugā ‘fly’

Old English flēge ‘a fly’

Middle English fflye

English fly

Today it means

verb To fly again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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