Flattery
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Middle English: from Old French flaterie, from flater ‘stroke, flatter’, probably of Germanic origin and related to flat1.
wiktionary
From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater(“to flatter”). Synchronically analyzable as flatter + -y(forming abstract nouns).
etymonline
flattery (n.)
early 14c., "dishonest praise, coaxing speech," from Old French flaterie "flattery, cajolery" (Modern French flatterie), from flater "to flatter" (see flatter).
