English
flong
Flong comes from French flan ‘baked custard tart’, from Old French flaon ‘flan’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to spread out, be broad, be flat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pelh₂-‘to spread out, be broad, be flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂t-‘broad, flat’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*flaþō‘flat cake’reconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfladō‘flat cake’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flaon‘flan’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentflan‘baked custard tart’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892flong
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pelh₂-‘to spread out, be broad, be flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂t-‘broad, flat’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*flaþō‘flat cake’reconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfladō‘flat cake’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flaon‘flan’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentflan‘baked custard tart’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892flong
Earliest quotation: 1892, Charles Sumner Partridge, Stereotyping: “A few sheets of paper are soaked in water…”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to spread out, be broad, be flat’
appeal, polish, appellate, propulsion, dispel, appel, 12 more
through French flan ‘baked custard tart’
Today it means
noun A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- / flong