English

flatleaf

From flat + leaf.

A compound of flat + leaf

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Today it means

adj Having flat leaves (used in the names of plants).

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

Etymograph / flatleaf