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Where does “flatour” come from?

flatour (Old French) comes from Old French flater, from Frankish flat, from Proto-Germanic flatą, from Proto-Indo-European plÁt-.

Ancestry of “flatour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflaterto flatter; to seduce with words
2Frankishflatpalm, flat of the hand; flat
3Proto-Germanicflatą—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanplÁt-—

Words derived from “flatour”

  • flatour
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