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Where does “plage” come from?

plage (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Low German plage, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plage (Norwegian Bokmål): a plague; an affliction, illness, pain; a bother,...

Definitions

  1. a plague; an affliction, illness, pain; a bother,...

Ancestry of “plage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanplage—
2Latinplāga—
3Latinplagius—
4Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “plage”

  • plagsom
  • dyreplageri
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →