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Where does “pliaie” come from?

pliaie (Norman) comes from Old French pladisse, from Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

pliaie (Norman): plaice; scar

Definitions

  1. plaice; scar

Ancestry of “pliaie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpladisse—
2Latinplatessaflatfish, plaice
3Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
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