Where does “Plaid” come from?

Plaid (German) comes from English plaid, from Scots plaid, from Scots ply.

Plaid (German): (travel) blanket (with tartan pattern)

Definitions

  1. (travel) blanket (with tartan pattern)

Ancestry of “Plaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplaidA type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a...
2Scotsplaidplaid
3Scotsply—
Every word from Scots ply →
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