flight

A flight of stairs.

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  • Image:MiG-17F Top View.JPG|thumb|right|A [[wikipedia:Mikoyan MiG-17|Mikoyan MiG-17F jet in flight]]
  • From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht ("flight"), from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz ("flight"), derived from *fleuganÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ("to fly"), enlargement of *plew-. Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with West Frisian flecht ("flight"), Dutch vlucht ("flight"), German Flucht ("flight") (etymology 2).
  • From Middle English, from Old English flyht, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz, derived from *fleuhanÄ…. Analyzable as flee + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with Dutch vlucht, German Flucht (etymology 1).

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