plaudo.
to strike, beat, clap
Meaning & usage
to strike, beat, clap
to applaud; to clap one's hands in token of approbation
to approve
to strike hands to complete a bargain
to beat, flap
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-h₂- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d- Latin plaudo Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d- (“to clap the hands”), from *pleh₂-u-h₂- (“palm of the hand”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”), possibly from *pleth₂- or *pel-. Related to plautus (“trod flat”); see there for more cognates. Older theories derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, the same root of Latin plēctō (“to braid”), plangō (“to strike”), plaga (“plague, wound”) and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).
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