myEtymology.com: French etymology of plaie

Etymology of the French word plaie

the French word plaie

derived from the Vulgar Latin word plaga (hunting net, web, trap; stroke, blow, stripe; tract, region, quarter)

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

Dutch plaag, English plague, German Plage, Italian piaga, Norwegian plage, Polish plaga, Portuguese chaga, Spanish llaga, Swedish ploga