plate

plate · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλατύς“broad, flat, wide”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*plat(t)us
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromplata
4. Old French · derived fromplate
5. Middle English · inherited fromplate
6. English todayplate

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

plate · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromplata
2. Old French · derived fromplater
3. Old English · inherited fromplatian
4. Middle English · inherited fromplaten
5. English todayplate

From Middle English platen, from Old English platian and Old French plater, both ultimately from Latin plata (see above).

plate · noun³

1. Latin · derived from*plattus“flat”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*platta“metal plate”
3. Latin · derived fromplata“silver”
4. English todayplate

From Middle English, partly from Anglo-Norman plate (“plate, bullion”) and partly from Latin plata (“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta (“metal plate”), from feminine of Latin *plattus (“flat”).

plate · noun⁴

1. Spanish · derived fromplata“silver”
2. English todayplate

From Spanish plata (“silver”).

Plate · proper noun⁵

Ellipsis of River Plate.

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