Etymograph

English

floormate

From floor + -mate.

A compound of floor + -mate

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’

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Proto-Germanic *flōraz ‘ground’

Proto-West Germanic *flōr

Old English flōr ‘floor’

Middle English floor

English floor

Today it means

noun A person with whom one shares a floor in a building.

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

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