Flea/Flee?

 Have you ever wondered how Flea Markets got that name? There isn't a definite answer but there are a few best guesses. Some historians claim the term started being used in the 1880s to describe the outdoor bazaars of Paris when an unknown shopper looked upon the rags and old furniture and dubbed it "a market of fleas" thinking the old items were surely infested with fleas, but around the same time there were also Danish and German phrases that translated to "flea market" so that's not a concrete explanation. Another possible origin comes from the Paris markets. As Paris began to grow making wider streets and more buildings some of the side streets and alleys were demolished forcing the merchants to "flee" to another area became known as flee markets which later reverted to flea. Bottom line...it's anyone's guess.