fleme
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (“to put to flight, drive away, banish”), from flēam (“flight”).
Verb
fleme (third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed)
- (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish.
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfleːm(ə)/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English flīema (“fugitive, exile, outlaw”), from flīeman (“to escape”). Compare flem.
Alternative forms
References
- “flẹ̄me, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French flieme, from Vulgar Latin *fletoma, from Late Latin phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos), φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon).
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: fleam
References
- “flẹ̄me, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan flecme, from Vulgar Latin fletoma, from Latin phlebotomus.
Further reading
- “fleme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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