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Where does “plai” come from?

plai (Anglo-Norman) comes from Medieval Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.

plai (Anglo-Norman): lawsuit

Definitions

  1. lawsuit

Ancestry of “plai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinplacituma decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.,...
2Latinplacituspleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon
3Latinplaceō—

Words derived from “plai”

  • pléigh
  • mionphlé
  • plé
  • plé
  • pléidh
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