Where does “placard” come from?
placard (Middle English) comes from Middle French placard, from Old French plaquer, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
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Ancestry of “placard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | placard | placard |
| 2 | Old French | plaquer | to stick, to affix |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 5 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |
Words derived from “placard”