English
flannelled
From flannel + -ed.
Formed from flannel + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- ‘hair’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ ‘wool’
Proto-Celtic *wlānos
Old French flaine
Middle English flaunneol
English flannel
Today it means
adj Wearing clothes made of flannel; especially wearing cricket whites.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flannelled