English

flatwood

flat + wood

A compound of flat + wood

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Today it means

noun A type of upland soil that has impaired drainage.

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

Etymograph / flatwood