Etymograph

English

flankerback

From flanker + back.

A compound of flanker + back

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun A back whose task is to receive the ball from a scrum.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / flankerback