flathon

From Middle English flathon, probably representing Medieval Latin fladon-, stem form of flado (“a flat-cake”), from Old Frankish *flado (“flat-cake”). Cognate with Middle English flathe (“a flat-cake, flat fish”). More at flathe.

flathon (plural flathons)

1. (obsolete) Flathe; flan.

• not half

• flathen, flathoun

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flado, from Proto-Germanic *flaþô. Doublet of flathe and flaun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaðun/, /ˈflaðən/

flathon (plural flathons) (rare, Late Middle English)

1. A sweet cake with a filling inside it.
2. A hotcake or pancake.

• English: flathon (obsolete)

• “flaun (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.