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Where does “plottable” come from?

plottable (English) comes from English plot, from Middle English plot, from Old English plot, from Proto-Germanic plataz, from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad- — to strike, beat.

plottable (English): Able to be plotted or surveyed; Able to be...

Definitions

  1. Able to be plotted or surveyed; Able to be...

Ancestry of “plottable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplotThe course of a story, comprising a series of...
2Middle Englishplotplot of land
3Old Englishplota plot of ground
4Proto-Germanicplatazslap, strike, blow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)lad-to strike, beat

Words derived from “plottable”

  • unplottable
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