plaster

The story

1. Middle English · inherited fromplastren
2. Latin · derived fromemplastrum“a plaster, bandage”
3. Latin · derived fromplastrum
4. Old English · inherited fromplaster
5. Middle English · inherited fromplaster
6. English todayplaster

From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre. Displaced native Old English clīþa. The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.

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