English

flatwork

From flat + work.

A compound of flat + work

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.

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

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