eldertongue

Old English · noun

plæce

Normalised plæċe

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈplæ.t͡ʃe/
Syllables
ˈplæ · t͡ʃe (2 syllables)
Modern English
placestreet

Meaning

  1. place, open space

  2. street

Declension

Declension of plæce
SingularPlural
Nominative plæċeplæċan
Accusative plæċanplæċan
Genitive plæċanplæċena
Dative plæċanplæċum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa). This must have been borrowed into early Old English after Anglo-Frisian brightening, but before i-mutation as *platiǣ, cf. Læden, mæġester. The Aldredian stem plæċ-, and the Rushworth Gospel gloss plæ(t)s-, illustrate a change in later Old English whereby the sequence -tj- began to be conflated with -ċċ-, cf. ortġeard, fetian; thus serving as evidence that both palatalization, and later affrication, did likely also occur in Old Northumbrian.

Descendants

place

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