Where does “plate” come from?

plate (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): plate; record

Definitions

  1. plate; record

Ancestry of “plate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseplata—
2Middle Low Germanplate—
3Latinplatasilver
4Vulgar Latinplattametal plate
5Latinplattusflattened
6Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “plate”

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