Where does “placard” come from?
Placard comes from Middle French placard, from Old French plaquer, from Middle Dutch placken and placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą.
placard (English): A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or...
Definitions
- A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or...
Ancestry of “placard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | placard | official document |
| 2 | Middle French | placard | placard (public written notice) |
| 3 | Old French | plaquer | to stick, to affix |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 6 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |