Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc). · To trace out (a graph or diagram). · To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. · An area or land used for building on or planting on. · A grave. · A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.
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This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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