Where does “flapcake” come from?
flapcake (English) comes from English pancake, from Middle English pancake, from Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic pannā, from Proto-Germanic pannǭ, from Latin panna, from Latin patīna — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
flapcake (English): A flapjack; a pancake
Definitions
- A flapjack; a pancake
Ancestry of “flapcake”, step by step
flapcake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pancake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pancake | A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle... |
| 2 | Middle English | pancake | pancake |
| 3 | Middle English | panne | A pan, skillet, tin, or cookpot; any metal... |
| 4 | Old English | panne | pan, frying pan |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | pannā | pan |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pannǭ | pan |
| 7 | Latin | panna | broad cooking vessel; frying pan; pan |
| 8 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 12 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 13 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |
via English flapjack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flapjack | A pancake; A bar made of rolled oats, butter,... |
| 2 | English | Jack | A placeholder or conventional name for any man,... |
| 3 | Middle English | jakke | A padded coat, especially as light armour |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | jacke | — |
| 5 | Middle French | jaque | — |
| 6 | Middle French | jacques | — |
| 7 | French | jacques | plural of jacque; a stupid person; a jemmy or... |
| 8 | Latin | Iacobus | Jacob; James; Saint James |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἰάκωβος | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἰακώβ | Jacob |
| 11 | Hebrew | יַעֲקֹב | Jacob |
| 12 | Hebrew | עָקֵב | heel of the foot; heel |