Etymology of the English word gadfly
the English word
gadflyderived from the English word
gadderived from the Old Norse word
gaddrderived from the English word
flyderived from the English word
flyderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fleugjonderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pleu-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*gadazderived from the English word
gadDate
The earliest known usage of gadfly in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
