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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchplacardplacard (public written notice)
2Old Frenchplaquerto stick, to affix
3Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
4Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
5Old Dutchplaggapatch
6Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch

Words derived from “placard”

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