Where does “pleater” come from?

pleater (English) comes from English pleat, from English plait, from Middle English pleit, from Middle French pli, from Middle French plier, from Old French pleier, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pleater (English): A person or machine that produces pleats

Definitions

  1. A person or machine that produces pleats

Ancestry of “pleater”, step by step

pleater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pleat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpleatA fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a...
2EnglishplaitA flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; A...
3Middle Englishpleit
4Middle Frenchplifold
5Middle Frenchplierto fold
6Old FrenchpleierAlternative form of ploiier
7Latinplicāre
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-Every word from Latin plicāre