Etymograph

English

flatback

From flat + back.

A compound of flat + back

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.

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

Etymograph / flatback