Where does “unplot” come from?

unplot (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.

unplot (English): To erase (a point previously plotted)

Definitions

  1. To erase (a point previously plotted)

Ancestry of “unplot”, step by step

unplot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plot

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

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad-Every word from Proto-Germanic platazEvery word from Old English plot