Where does “pledge” come from?

Pledge comes from Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege, from Latin plebium.

pledge (English): To make a solemn promise; To deposit something as...

Definitions

  1. To make a solemn promise; To deposit something as...

Ancestry of “pledge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplege—
2Anglo-Normanplegepledge; surety
3Old Frenchplegepledge; surety
4Medieval Latinplevium—
5Latinplebiō—
6Frankishplegan—

Words derived from “pledge”

Every word from Frankish plegan →Every word from Latin plebiō →Every word from Medieval Latin plevium →