Where does “plako” come from?

plako (Esperanto) comes from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.

plako (Esperanto): plate, photographic plate; plate, sheet

Definitions

  1. plate, photographic plate; plate, sheet

Ancestry of “plako”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplaquesheet, plate; slab; plaque
2Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
3Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
4Old Dutchplaggapatch
5Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch
Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →