Etymology

intraplate

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Today it means: Taking place within a single tectonic plate. 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*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Vulgar Latin*platta
  7. Old Frenchplate
  8. Middle Englishplate
  9. Englishplate
  10. English todayintraplate

From intra- + plate.

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