Added 9 October 2026
fleeting
/ˈfliːtɪŋ/ adjective
In Latin: fugax Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fleeting at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.
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