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English word flat comes from Proto-Indo-European *plad-, Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-, Proto-Indo-European *plat-, Old English (ca. 450-1100) fleotan (To float.), Old English (ca. 450-1100) flēot
*plad- (Proto-Indo-European)
*plÁt- (Proto-Indo-European)
*pleth₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*plat- (Proto-Indo-European)
fleotan (Old English)
To float.
flēot (Old English)
*pléth₂us (Proto-Indo-European)
Flat, broad.
*flatō (Proto-Germanic)
flatr (Old Norse)
*flatją (Proto-Germanic)
A level surface; level ground. House; dwelling. The floor of a house.
flet (Old English)
A dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall. The floor, ground.
flete (Middle English)
flat (Middle English)
flet (Scots)
flat (English)
(chiefly, British, New England, New Zealand, and, Australian, archaic) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.