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

Every word from Scots ply
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