The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπλατύς“broad”
- Late Latin · derived fromplatessa
- Old French · derived fromplaiz
- Middle English · inherited fromplayce
- English todayplaice
Inherited from Middle English playce, plays, from Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”). See platy-, plat and flat.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπλατύς all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.