flight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A journey made by plane.

   The flight to Paris leaves at seven o'clock tonight.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of flying through the air.

   Most birds are capable of flight.

3. 3
   noun

   A set of stairs between two floors or landings.

   She climbed a flight of stairs to reach the office.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der. Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with West Frisian flecht (“flight”), Dutch vluch…

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