Where does “placard” come from?

placard (Middle French) comes from Old French plaquer, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.

placard (Middle French): placard (public written notice)

Definitions

  1. placard (public written notice)

Ancestry of “placard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplaquerto stick, to affix
2Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
3Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
4Old Dutchplaggapatch
5Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch

Words derived from “placard”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →