English
slatback
From slat + back.
Proto-Germanic *slītaną ‘to rend, split’
Frankish *slaitijan ‘to split, break’
Old French esclater ‘to split, burst’
Old French esclat ‘piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter’
Middle English slatte
English slat
Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak ‘the back’
English back
Today it means
noun A chair whose back incorporates at least two horizontal slats.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “slatback”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / slatback