Where does “plaquette” come from?

plaquette (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.

plaquette (French): packet of butter, chocolate; strip, blister pack of pills

Definitions

  1. packet of butter, chocolate; strip, blister pack of pills

Ancestry of “plaquette”, step by step

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

Words derived from “plaquette”

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