pleach

The story

1. Latin · derived fromplexus“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”
2. Late Latin · derived from*plaxus
3. Old French · derived fromplaissier
4. Middle French · derived fromplescer
5. Middle French · derived fromplesser
6. Middle English · inherited fromplechen
7. Middle English · inherited frompleshe
8. English todaypleach

The verb is from Late Middle English pleshe, Middle English plechen, pleche (“to layer; to propagate (a plant) by layering, to pleach”), possibly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plesser, plessier, Middle French plescer, variants of Middle French, Old French plaissier, plessier (“to plash”), from Late Latin *plaxus, from Latin plexus (“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”), perfect passive participle of plectō (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend, turn, twist”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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