Etymology

flawn

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Today it means: A flan (custard-based dessert) Full definition →

Middle English flaun ← Old French flaon ← Late Latin fladonem
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The story

  1. Frankish · derived from*flaþō
  2. Late Latin · derived fromfladonem
  3. Old French · derived fromflaon
  4. Middle English · inherited fromflaun
  5. English todayflawn

From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchflaon all →

flan

Frankish*flaþō all →

flanflathon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.