Etymology Explorer › Welsh

Where does “plaid” come from?

plaid (Welsh) comes from Scots plaid, from Scots ply.

plaid (Welsh): party

Definitions

  1. party

Ancestry of “plaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsplaidplaid
2Scotsply—

Words derived from “plaid”

  • pleidiol
  • pleidiau
Every word from Scots ply →