Etymology

flatbread

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Today it means: A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough. Full definition →

English bread ← Middle English bred ← Old English brēad
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*flataz
  2. Old Norseflatr
  3. Middle Englishflat
  4. Englishflat
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*braudą
  7. Proto-West Germanic*braud
  8. Old Englishbrēad
  9. Middle Englishbred
  10. Englishbread
  11. English todayflatbread

From flat + bread.

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