English
heelplate
From heel + plate.
Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’
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Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz ‘heel (of the foot)’
Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō
Old English hēla ‘heel (of the foot)’
Middle English hele
English heel
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘flat’
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Vulgar Latin *plattus ‘flat’
Medieval Latin plata
Old French plate ‘a flat metal disk’
Middle English plate
English plate
Today it means
noun A metal plate used to reinforce the heel of a shoe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heelplate