Where does “plait” come from?
plait (Middle English) comes from Old French plait, from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.
plait (Middle English): Alternative form of ple
Ancestry of “plait”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | plait | agreement; argument; dispute; court |
| 2 | Latin | placitum | opinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,... |
| 3 | Latin | placitus | pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon |
| 4 | Latin | placeō | — |