Etymology

interplate

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Today it means: between tectonic plates Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Vulgar Latin*platta
  8. Old Frenchplate
  9. Middle Englishplate
  10. Englishplate
  11. English todayinterplate

From inter- + plate.

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