Where does “plaquier” come from?
plaquier (Old French) comes from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
plaquier (Old French): to stick or paste, roughcast
Definitions
- to stick or paste, roughcast
Ancestry of “plaquier”, step by step
plaquier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch placken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 3 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |
via Middle Dutch plecken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | plecken | to glue or fasten, plaster, patch |