Where does “plot” come from?

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

plot (Middle English): plot of land

Definitions

  1. plot of land

Ancestry of “plot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishplota plot of ground
2Proto-Germanicplatazslap, strike, blow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)lad-to strike, beat

Words derived from “plot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad- →Every word from Proto-Germanic plataz →Every word from Old English plot →