Etymology of the English word platelet
the English word
plateletderived 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-using the English suffix
-letUsage
Word found in Modern English
