Where does “footplate” come from?
Footplate derives from English foot and plate, where plate comes from Old French plate, from Latin plata, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, both tracing ultimately to Proto-Indo-European pṓds.
footplate (English): The metal plate which forms the base platform of...
Definitions
- The metal plate which forms the base platform of...
Ancestry of “footplate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | foot | A biological structure found in many animals that... |
| 2 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 3 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
Words derived from “footplate”