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Where does “flatter” come from?

flatter (German) comes from German flattern — to flutter.

flatter (German): inflection of flattern: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of flattern: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “flatter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflatternto flutter
Every word from German flattern →