English

flatwash

From flat + wash.

A compound of flat + wash

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘wet’

Proto-Germanic *waskaną ‘to wash’

Proto-West Germanic *waskan ‘to wash’

Old English wascan ‘to wash’

Middle English wasshen ‘to wash’

English wash

Today it means

noun A style of painting in which shapes are completely filled with a solid color and have no outlines.

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

Etymograph / flatwash