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Where does “bordplate” come from?

bordplate (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk plate, 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 — flat.

bordplate (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tabletop

Definitions

  1. a tabletop

Ancestry of “bordplate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskplateplate; record
2Old Norseplata—
3Middle Low Germanplate—
4Latinplatasilver
5Vulgar Latinplattametal plate
6Latinplattusflattened
7Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →