Where does “flatliner” come from?
flatliner (English) comes from English flatline, from English flat, from Scots flet, from Middle English flet, from Old English flet, from Proto-Germanic flatją, from Proto-Germanic flataz, from Proto-Indo-European plÁt-.
flatliner (English): A patient with no heartbeat
Definitions
- A patient with no heartbeat
Ancestry of “flatliner”, step by step
flatliner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flatline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flatline | An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a... |
| 2 | English | flat | Having no variations in height; Without... |
| 3 | Scots | flet | inner part of a house |
| 4 | Middle English | flet | the floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,... |
| 5 | Old English | flet | the floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flatją | a level surface; level ground; the floor of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flataz | flat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plÁt- | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |