myEtymology.com: English etymology of breastplate

Etymology of the English word breastplate

the English word breastplate

derived from the English word breast

derived from the English word plate

derived from the Old French word plate

derived from the Old French word plat

derived from the Vulgar Latin word plattus

derived from the Greek word platus, πλατύς (flat; spread out 'flat' ('plot'); broad)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plat-