myEtymology.com: French etymology of plate

Etymology of the French word plate

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-

Anglo-Norman plater, English plate, English fishplate, English terneplate

Word found in Old French