From English flannel from Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Latinized flannel + -um.
flannellum n (genitive flannellī); second declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | flannellum | flannella |
genitive | flannellī | flannellōrum |
dative | flannellō | flannellīs |
accusative | flannellum | flannella |
ablative | flannellō | flannellīs |
vocative | flannellum | flannella |