Etymology

pled

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Middle English pladde
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The story

  1. Middle English · derived frompleden“to plead”
  2. Middle English · inherited frompladde
  3. English todaypled

From Middle English pladde (preterite) and pladd (past participle) of Middle English pleden (“to plead”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishpleden all →

plead

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.