Where does “ploiier” come from?

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

ploiier (Old French): to fold

Definitions

  1. to fold

Ancestry of “ploiier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “ploiier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Latin plicō →
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