Fleeting
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Old English flēotan ‘float, swim’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and float.
wiktionary
From Middle English fleten(“to float”), from Old English flēotan(“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-.
etymonline
fleeting (adj.)
early 13c., "fickle, shifting, unstable," from Old English fleotende "floating, drifting," later "flying, moving swiftly," from present participle of fleotan "to float, drift, flow" (see fleet (v.)). Meaning "existing only briefly" is from 1560s. Related: Fleetingly.
