Where does “placart” come from?

placart (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.

Ancestry of “placart”, step by step

placart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French plaquer

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

via Old French plaquier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplaquierto stick or paste, roughcast
2Middle Dutchpleckento glue or fasten, plaster, patch
Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →