flaun
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flado, from Proto-Germanic *flaþô. Doublet of flathe and flathon.
Pronunciation
Noun
flaun (plural flaunes)
Descendants
- English: flawn (obsolete)
References
- “flaun (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.
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