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    Is it true that the original word in English for butterfly was "flutterby" or "flutter by"?

    Question #112447. Asked by unclerick. (Jan 28 10 7:50 AM)


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    		No. The word is from the Old English buttorflēoge.

    http://www.collinslanguage.com/results.aspx?context=3&reversed=False&action=define&homonym=-1&text=butterfly

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_etymology_of_butterfly

    http://www.insects.org/ced4/etymology.html

    Jan 28 10, 9:14 AM

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