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English word plaid comes from Latin placitus, and later Middle English plait (An argument or debate.)
placitus (Latin)
plet (Old French)
plait (Middle English)
An argument or debate.
plaid (Scots)
Plaid.
plaid (English)
Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another. (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16thc.]. A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of [...]