Where does “plat” come from?

plat (Middle English) comes from Old English plætt, from Proto-Germanic plataz, from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad- — to strike, beat.

plat (Middle English): plat: flat; level; frank, on the level

Definitions

  1. plat: flat; level; frank, on the level

Ancestry of “plat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishplætta slap; smack; a sounding blow
2Proto-Germanicplatazslap, strike, blow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)lad-to strike, beat

Words derived from “plat”

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