Where does “plate” come from?
Plate comes from Old French plate, from Latin plata, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us meaning broad or flat.
plate (English): A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which...
Definitions
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which...
Ancestry of “plate”, step by step
plate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French plate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Spanish plata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | plata | argent; silver; money |
via Middle English plate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | plate | — |