Where does “placar” come from?
placar (Portuguese) comes from French plaquer, from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
placar (Portuguese): to calm; To tackle; scoreboard
Definitions
- to calm; To tackle; scoreboard
Ancestry of “placar”, step by step
placar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French plaquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plaquer | to plate; To tackle; To grapple |
| 2 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 5 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |
via Latin plācō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | plācō | to appease |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | plāk- | broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pele- | broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat |
via Latin plācāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | plācāre | — |