Where does “ployer” come from?

ployer (French) comes from Middle French ployer, from Old French pleier, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

ployer (French): to bend, fold

Definitions

  1. to bend, fold

Ancestry of “ployer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchployerto fold
2Old FrenchpleierAlternative form of ploiier
3Latinplicāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “ployer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →