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
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”