Morpheme
Plate
Type
free base
Denotation
flat sheet, round coin
Etymology
Middle English plate, platen; Old French plate, plater; Medieval Latin plata; probably from Vulgar Latin *plattus; Ancient Greek platýs
Evidence
armplate, autoplate, backplate, baseplate, bedplate, bodyplate, boilerplate, bookplate, buttplate, chainplate, chestplate, clutchplate, copperplate, cornplate, counterplate, dinnerplate, doorplate, drawplate, dubplate, electroplate, filterplate, fingerplate, fishplate, flexplate, floorplate, footplate, forceplate, heelplate, heteroplate, hotplate, hourplate, immunoplate, implate, interplate, intraplate, keyplate, kickplate, legplate, lockplate, lysoplate, microplate, midplate, miniplate, misplate, nameplate, nanoplate, neckplate, nonplate, notoplate, overplate, plate, plateable, plateaex, plateau, plateaus, platebound, plated, plateful, plateholder, platelayer, platelegs, plateless, platelet, plates, platina, plating, skidplate, smokeplate, soleplate, stereoplate, subplate, swashplate, throatplate, tinplate, toeplate, toothplate, tramplate, treadplate, tubeplate, turnplate, underplate, waveplate, weirplate
Notes
plateau and platter are doublets
