Where does “plate” come from?

plate (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

Ancestry of “plate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplatea flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor
2Medieval Latinplatasilver
3Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
4Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “plate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-