plot
English
/plɒt/, /plɑt/
noun
Definitions
- (authorship) 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 graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- A plan; a purpose.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English plot inherited from Old English plot (a plot of ground) inherited from Proto-Germanic *plataz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*plataz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- applot English
- applotment English
- applotter English
- bag English
- bagplot English
- bar English
- barplot English
- bioplot English
- biplot English
- by-plot English
- coplot English
- counterplot English
- counterplotter English
- emplot English
- grass English
- grassplot English
- land English
- line English
- macroplot English
- mar English
- marplot English
- metaplot English
- microplot English
- multiplot English
- nanoplotter English
- outplot English
- overplot English
- photoplotter English
- plat English
- platband English
- platly English
- platness English
- plotful English
- plotland English
- plotless English
- plotlessly English
- plotlessness English
- plotlet English
- plotline English
- plottable English
- plotter English
- plottest English
- plotteth English
- plotty English
- plotwise English
- plotwork English
- replot English
- scatter English
- scatterplot English
- seed English
- seedplot English
- stem English
- stemplot English
- stereoplotter English
- subplot English
- triplot English
- underplot English
- unplat English
- unplottable English
- work English
- plotten Dutch, Flemish
- плоттер Russian
- plóter Spanish, Castilian
- plott Norwegian Bokmål
- plotador Portuguese
- plotagem Portuguese
- plotar Portuguese
- *plataz Proto-Germanic
- plott Norwegian Nynorsk
- plot Old English
- plat Middle English
- plot Middle English
- plotmele Middle English
- bar
- bag
- mar
- work
- plat
- stem
- seed
- land
- line
- grass
- unplat
- coplot
- applot
- replot
- plotty
- platly
- emplot
- biplot
- marplot
- outplot
- plotful
- subplot
- barplot
- plotlet
- plotter
- bioplot
- by-plot
- scatter
- bagplot
- triplot
- stemplot
- plottest
- seedplot
- platness
- plotwork
- plotline
- overplot
- metaplot
- platband
- plotteth
- plotless
- plotwise
- plotland
- plottable
- multiplot
- macroplot
- underplot
- grassplot
- microplot
- applotter
- plotlessly
- applotment
- counterplot
- nanoplotter
- unplottable
- scatterplot
- plotlessness
- photoplotter
- stereoplotter
- counterplotter