pleisteren.
plaster
Meaning & usage
plaster
cast in plaster
Where this word comes from
From plaaster (“a plaster”), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “salve, plaster”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).
to (apply) plaster, stucco
to apply a (medical) plaster
to smear, cover (up) (notably cosmetically), hide
to pave (a road)
Where this word comes from
From plaaster (“a plaster”), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “salve, plaster”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).
to interrupt a journey, take a rest, make a stop, notably to tend to the needs of traveler(s), vehicle(s), staff and/or working animal(s)
to (take a) pause or rest in general
to be, spend time, somewhere
Where this word comes from
From peisteren, from Old French paistre (whence French paître) from Latin pascō (“to graze”). The l-sound may be added by influence of etymology 1.
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