Etymology of the English word heelplate
the English word
heelplatederived from the English word
heelderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khangkh-derived from the English word
platederived from the Old French word
platederived from the Old French word
platderived from the Vulgar Latin word
plattusderived from the Greek word
platus, πλατύς (flat; spread out 'flat' ('plot'); broad)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*plat-Usage
Word found in Modern English