Fly

Morpheme

Fly

Type

free base

Denotation

travel through the air, soar, rise

Etymology

Middle English flien; Old English flēogan

Evidence

flier, flies, fliest, fly, flyable, flyaway, flyback, flybar, flyboy, flycrank, flyer, flyer, flyest, flying, flyness, flyoff, flyover, flypost, flythrough, flyway, flywheel, outfly, overfly

Notes

<y> need not toggle (but can) with suffixes, especially in monosyllabic bases ending in <y>