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Where does “plaide” come from?

plaide (English) comes from English plaid, from Scots plaid, from Scots ply.

plaide (English): Obsolete form of plaid

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of plaid

Ancestry of “plaide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplaidA type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a...
2Scotsplaidplaid
3Scotsply—
Every word from Scots ply →