Where does “pleit” come from?

pleit (Middle English) comes from Middle French pli, from Middle French plier, from Old French pleier, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Ancestry of “pleit”, step by step

pleit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French pli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchplifold
2Middle Frenchplierto fold
3Old FrenchpleierAlternative form of ploiier
4Latinplicāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Anglo-Norman pleit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanpleitpleat, fold; condition, manner of folding
2Latinplectōto plait, weave, braid
3Proto-Italicplektō—

Words derived from “pleit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →