pleach
English
/pliːtʃ/, /plitʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash#Verb 2|plash.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pleshe, plechen derived from Middle French plesser, plescer derived from Old French plaissier derived from Latin *plaxus, plexus (bent, twisted, braided, woven, plaited) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (weave, plait, fold, twine, braid), *pleḱ- (weave, plait, fold, twine, braid).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pleḱ-
Gloss
weave, plait, fold, twine, braid
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- explicit English
- impleach English
- pleached English
- pleacher English
- pleaching English
- pliable English
- pliantly English
- pliantness English
- self-pleached English
- *plaxus Latin
- applico Latin
- applicātiōnem Latin
- applicō Latin
- complexiō Latin
- complexus Latin
- complicare Latin
- complicatus Latin
- complico Latin
- deplico Latin
- dis- Latin
- displico Latin
- dēplicō, dēplicāre Latin
- explicāre Latin
- implicare Latin
- implicatus Latin
- plagium Latin
- plexus Latin
- plico, plicāre Latin
- plicāre Latin
- replico Latin
- replicāre, replicō, replico Latin
- replicātus Latin
- πλέκω Ancient Greek
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *flahsą Proto-Germanic
- *flakkōn Proto-Germanic
- *flaskǭ Proto-Germanic
- *flehtaną Proto-Germanic
- plechen Middle English
- pleshe Middle English
- *plestì Proto-Slavic
- plaissier Old French
- ploiant Old French
- plescer Middle French
- plesser Middle French
- *plektō Proto-Italic
- *plekō Proto-Italic