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Where does “ploiant” come from?

ploiant (Old French) comes from Old French ploiier, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Ancestry of “ploiant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchploiierto fold
2Latinplicō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “ploiant”

  • pliant
  • pliantly
  • unpliant
  • pliantness
  • nonpliant
  • unpliantly
  • pliaunt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →