Where does “plate” come from?

plate (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse plata, from Middle Low German plate, from Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

plate (Norwegian Bokmål): plate; record

Definitions

plate; record

Ancestry of “plate”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Norse	plata	—
2	Middle Low German	plate	—
3	Latin	plata	silver
4	Vulgar Latin	platta	metal plate
5	Latin	plattus	flattened
6	Ancient Greek	πλατύς	wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
7	Proto-Indo-European	pléth₂us	flat, broad
8	Proto-Indo-European	pleth₂-	flat

Words derived from “plate”

platespiller
bordplate
kokeplate
plateselskap

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →