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pleach

Meaningto fold

Common meaning: weave living branches into a hedge

Journey through time

  1. Latinplic-are‘to fold’source
  2. Late Latinplessasource
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsto fold → weave branchesplessier‘weave branches’source
  4. Middle Englishplechen‘weave branches’source
  5. Englishpleach‘weave living branches into a hedge’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin plic-are ‘to fold’.

Roots

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