Etymology

hotplate

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Today it means: A semiportable stove. Full definition →

English plate ← Middle English plate ← Old French plate
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*keHy-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kéHidʰeti
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kéHidos
  5. Proto-Germanic*haitaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*hait
  7. Old Englishhāt
  8. Middle Englishhot
  9. Englishhot
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
  12. Proto-Hellenic*plətús
  13. Ancient Greekπλατύς (platús)
  14. Vulgar Latin*platta
  15. Old Frenchplate
  16. Middle Englishplate
  17. Englishplate
  18. English todayhotplate

From hot + plate.

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