Where does “megaplaque” come from?
megaplaque (English) comes from English plaque, from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
megaplaque (English): A large plaque (clearing in a bacterial lawn)
Definitions
- A large plaque (clearing in a bacterial lawn)
Ancestry of “megaplaque”, step by step
megaplaque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plaque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plaque | Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc.,... |
| 2 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 5 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |