Where does “plywood” come from?
Plywood is a compound of English wood and English apply, which derives from English apple, tracing back through Latin ad- and Latin plecto, with the Latin -are suffix.
plywood (English): Construction material supplied in sheets, and...
Definitions
- Construction material supplied in sheets, and...
Ancestry of “plywood”, step by step
plywood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ply
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ply | A layer of material; A strand that, twisted... |
| 2 | English | apply | To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or... |
| 3 | Middle English | aplien | — |
| 4 | Old French | applier | to bend; to apply |
| 5 | Latin | applicō | to apply |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |