Etymology

platter

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Today it means: A tray for serving foods. Full definition →

Middle English plater ← Anglo-Norman plater ← Old French plate
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platter · noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromplate“metal plate”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromplater
  3. Middle English · inherited fromplater
  4. English todayplatter

From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.

platter · noun2

From plat + -er.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchplate all →

plate

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