English

interplate

From inter- + plate.

A compound of inter- + plate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

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

adj between tectonic plates

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / interplate