plâtre
French
noun
Definitions
- plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material)
- plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French plâtre inherited from Old French plastre inherited from Latin *plastrum, emplastrum (plaster, a plaster, bandage) derived from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (salve, daub, plaster).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔμπλαστρον
Gloss
salve, daub, plaster
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *plastrum Latin
- emplastrum Latin
- plastrum Latin
- Pflaster German
- impiastro Italian
- piastrone Italian
- pleisteren Dutch, Flemish
- plâtrage French
- plâtrer French
- plâtrier French
- replâtrer French
- ἔμπλαστρον Ancient Greek
- ἔμπλαστρος Ancient Greek
- emplastre Old French
- plastre Old French
- plaester Middle Dutch
- pflastar Old High German
- pliâtre Norman
- pliâtreux Norman
- plâtre Middle French
- plāster Middle Low German
- plaster Old Swedish
- пластырь Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- plastrum LL