Etymology of the English word damselfly
the English word
damselflyderived from the English word
damselderived from the Old French word
dameiselederived from the Old French word
damederived from the Vulgar Latin word
domina (mistress of a family, wife; lady)
derived from the Latin word
dominus (owner, lord, master)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dem- (house)
derived from the Vulgar Latin root
*dominicelladerived from the Vulgar Latin word
domina (mistress of a family, wife; lady)
derived from the Latin word
dominus (owner, lord, master)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dem- (house)
derived from the English word
flyderived from the English word
flyderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fleugjonderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pleu-Usage
Word found in Modern English
