*plak- "to strike."
Eng plague
Mid Eng plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge; malignant disease,"
Old French plage (14c.),
Late Latin plaga "pestilence,"
Latin plaga "stroke, wound,"
?plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)"
Eng plague
Mid Eng plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge; malignant disease,"
Old French plage (14c.),
Late Latin plaga "pestilence,"
Latin plaga "stroke, wound,"
?plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)"
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