Etymology

platelet

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Today it means: A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots. Full definition →

English plate ← Middle English plate ← Old French plate
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
  3. Proto-Hellenic*plətús
  4. Ancient Greekπλατύς (platús)
  5. Vulgar Latin*platta
  6. Old Frenchplate
  7. Middle Englishplate
  8. Englishplate
  9. English todayplatelet

From plate + -let.

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