English

legplate

From leg + plate.

A compound of leg + plate

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

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 Plate armour worn on one's legs.

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

Etymograph / legplate