Where does “plating” come from?
Plating derives from plate, which comes from Old French plate, Latin plata, Latin plattus meaning flat, Ancient Greek πλατύς, and Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us and pleth₂-.
plating (English): present participle of plate; An act of...
Definitions
- present participle of plate; An act of...
Ancestry of “plating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plate | A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which... |
| 2 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |