Where does “plaque” come from?

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

plaque (French): sheet, plate; slab; plaque

Definitions

  1. sheet, plate; slab; plaque

Ancestry of “plaque”, step by step

plaque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch placken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
2Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
3Old Dutchplaggapatch
4Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch

via Dutch placke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchplacke—

Words derived from “plaque”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →