Where does “plaider” come from?
plaider (French) comes from Middle French plaider, from Old French plaidier, from Latin placitare, from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.
plaider (French): to plead
Ancestry of “plaider”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | plaider | to plead |
| 2 | Old French | plaidier | to implore; to beg |
| 3 | Latin | placitare | — |
| 4 | Latin | placitum | opinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,... |
| 5 | Latin | placitus | pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon |
| 6 | Latin | placeō | — |
Words derived from “plaider”