Where does “plaquer” come from?

plaquer (French) 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.

plaquer (French): to plate; To tackle; To grapple

Definitions

  1. to plate; To tackle; To grapple

Ancestry of “plaquer”, step by step

plaquer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French plaque

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

via Middle French plaquer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchplaquerto plate

Words derived from “plaquer”

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