Etymology

pleyt

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Today it means: A riverboat. Full definition →

Middle Dutch pleyt
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pleyt · noun1

  1. Middle Dutch · derived frompleyt“flat”
  2. English todaypleyt

From Middle Dutch pleyt (“flat”). Doublet of flat and plat.

pleyt · noun2

  1. Russian · borrowed fromплеть“whip, lash”
  2. English todaypleyt

Borrowed from Russian плеть (pletʹ, “whip, lash”).

Words from the same roots

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plitt

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