Etymograph

English

flatdweller

Compound of flat + dweller.

A compound of flat + dweller

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-

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Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan ‘to be confused, perplex’

Old English dwellan ‘to mislead, deceive’

Middle English dwellen ‘to live, reside, or inhabit’

Middle English dweller ‘dweller, inhabitant’

English dweller

Today it means

noun One who lives in a flat.

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

Etymograph / flatdweller