English

flatmount

From flat + mount.

A compound of flat + mount

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, tower’

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Proto-Italic *monts ‘mountain’

Latin mōns ‘hill, mountain’

Old English munt ‘hill, mountain’

Middle English mount ‘mountain’

English mount

Today it means

noun Any of several different devices that are mounted flat against something.

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

Etymograph / flatmount