Where does “plage” come from?

plage (Danish) comes from Low German plage, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plage (Danish): nuisance, pest; bully; pester

Definitions

  1. nuisance, pest; bully; pester

Ancestry of “plage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanplage—
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
3Latinplagius—
4Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “plage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος →