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- platter[platter 词源字典]
- platter: see plate
[platter etymology, platter origin, 英语词源] - Plattdeutsch
- "Low German dialect of northern Germany," 1814, from German, from Dutch platduits, literally "flat (or low) German," from plat "flat, plain, clear" + duits "German" (see Dutch). In contrast to the speech of the upland parts of Germany.
- platter (n.)
- late 13c., platere, from Anglo-French plater, from Old French plate "metal plate" (see plate (n.)).
- schuhplattler (n.)
- lively Alpine folk dance, 1874, from German Schuhplattler, from schuh "shoe" (see shoe (n.)) + south German dialectal plattler, from platteln "to dance."
- splatter (v.)
- 1784 (but earlier in splatterdash (1772), variant of spatterdash); perhaps a blend of spatter and splash.