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Where does “plait” come from?

plait (Old French) comes from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.

plait (Old French): agreement; argument; dispute; court

Definitions

  1. agreement; argument; dispute; court

Ancestry of “plait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplacitumopinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,...
2Latinplacituspleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon
3Latinplaceō—

Words derived from “plait”

  • plea
  • pleading
  • plead
  • pleadingly
  • interpleader
  • implead
  • interplead
  • impleader
  • pleadable
  • replead
  • pleadest
  • counterplea
  • counterplead
  • interplea
  • emplead
  • impleadable
  • nonpleading
  • misplead
  • outplead
  • plaideur
  • plaider
  • plaide
  • plädieren
  • vrijpleiten
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