Where does “plaid” come from?
plaid (French) comes from Old French plait, from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō — to be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit in a mental rather than a sensual way.
plaid (French): placitum kind of medieval council
Definitions
- placitum kind of medieval council
Ancestry of “plaid”, step by step
plaid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French plait
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | plait | agreement; argument; dispute; court |
| 2 | Latin | placitum | opinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,... |
| 3 | Latin | placitus | pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon |
| 4 | Latin | placeō | to be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit in a mental rather than a sensual way |