Where does “placă” come from?

placă (Romanian) 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.

placă (Romanian): plaque; plate; disk, record

Definitions

  1. plaque; plate; disk, record

Ancestry of “placă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplaquerto plate; To tackle; To grapple
2Frenchplaquesheet, plate; slab; plaque
3Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
4Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
5Old Dutchplaggapatch
6Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch

Words derived from “placă”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →