Where does “plite” come from?

plite (Middle English) comes from Old French pleit, from Vulgar Latin plictum — fold, pleat.

plite (Middle English): a fold, pleat, wrinkle; braid, strand in a...

Definitions

  1. a fold, pleat, wrinkle; braid, strand in a...

Ancestry of “plite”, step by step

plite traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French pleit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpleitcondition, manner of folding
2Vulgar Latinplictumfold, pleat

via Anglo-Norman pli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanpli—

via Old French plei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplei—
Every word from Vulgar Latin plictum →Every word from Old French pleit →