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Where does “plâtrage” come from?

plâtrage (French) comes from French plâtrer, from French plâtre, from Middle French plâtre, from Old French plastre, from Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστος.

plâtrage (French): plastering, pargeting

Definitions

  1. plastering, pargeting

Ancestry of “plâtrage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplâtrerto plaster; to render
2Frenchplâtreplaster, plaster of Paris; plaster, cast;...
3Middle Frenchplâtre—
4Old Frenchplastreplaster; plaster; bandaid
5Latinplastrum—
6Latinemplastrumplaster, bandage; piece of bark used in budding,...
7Ancient Greekἔμπλαστρονsalve, plaster; a plaster; daub; salve
8Ancient Greekἔμπλαστοςdaubed, plastered; daubed on
9Ancient Greekἐμπλάσσωdaub on
10Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
11Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
12Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
13Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
14Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
15Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
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