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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”

  • plot
  • plotter
  • scatterplot
  • subplot
  • plotline
  • emplotment
  • biplot
  • marplot
  • counterplot
  • underplot
  • plotless
  • grassplot
  • platt
  • stemplot
  • replot
  • plottable
  • plotteth
  • microplot
  • plotlessness
  • barplot
  • seedplot
  • coplot
  • multiplot
  • overplot
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