PLOT  , a See also:

• TERM

term originally meaning a space of ground used for a specific purpose, especially as a See also:

• BUILDING

building site, formerly in frequent usage in the sense of a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, a surveyed space of ground; hence the See also:

• LITERARY

literary sense of a plan or See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design . The word is of doubtful origin; there is a See also:

• COLLATERAL (from Med. Lat. collateralis,—cum, with, and latus, lateris, side,—side by side, hence parallel or additional)

collateral See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " plat," which appears in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, according to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of " plat, " See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, See also:

• SURFACE

surface (Fr. plat, See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. plattus, probably from Gr. iXar6r, broad) . See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat (Etym . See also:

• DIET

Diet.) refers " plot," in the sense of a space of ground, to the O . Eng. plaec, See also:

• MID

Mid . Eng . Aleck, later platch, patch .