Etymology

planchette

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Today it means: A small plank. Full definition →

French planchette
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  1. French · borrowed fromplanchette
  2. English todayplanchette

Borrowed from French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -ette.

Words from the same roots

Frenchplanchette all →

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