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
Ancestry of “placard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | plaquer | to stick, to affix |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 4 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |
Words derived from “placard”