Where does “plage” come from?

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “plage”, step by step

plage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Low German plage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanplage—
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
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

via Old Norse plága

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseplága—
2Middle Low Germanplegen—
3Old Saxonpleganto procure
4Proto-West Germanicplehanto stand up for; to be responsible for

Words derived from “plage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος →