English

flatshare

From flat + share.

A compound of flat + share

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂

Proto-Germanic *skarō ‘a division’

Proto-West Germanic *skaru

Old English sċearu ‘a cutting’

Middle English schare ‘a portion or share’

English share

Today it means

noun An arrangement in which two or more people share a flat (apartment building).

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

Etymograph / flatshare