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plagg
/plakː/Old Norse word for a garment or cloth
From O.Norse, from Proto-Germanic plagg (garment).
from Old Norse plagg
from Old Norse plagg
Word Ancestry
from Old Norse plagg
from Old Norse plagg
Imagine an Old Norse speaker pointing at a cloak, tunic, or scrap of fabric and calling it a plagg. The word’s trail stops in the supplied evidence at Proto-Germanic *plaggą, so its deeper ancestry is uncertain rather than something to decorate with an invented Indo-European root. In the twenty-first century, however, Plagg acquired a second life as the cheese-loving black cat-like kwami in the French animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, first released in 2015. His command—“Plagg, Claws Out!”—turns an ancient-sounding clothing word into a superhero transformation cue. Remember it as a linguistic costume change: plagg began as something you wear and became a character who helps someone become a cat-themed hero.
The Story
Imagine an Old Norse speaker pointing at a cloak, tunic, or scrap of fabric and calling it a plagg. The word’s trail stops in the supplied evidence at Proto-Germanic *plaggą, so its deeper ancestry is uncertain rather than something to decorate with an invented Indo-European root. In the twenty-first century, however, Plagg acquired a second life as the cheese-loving black cat-like kwami in the French animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, first released in 2015. His command—“Plagg, Claws Out!”—turns an ancient-sounding clothing word into a superhero transformation cue. Remember it as a linguistic costume change: plagg began as something you wear and became a character who helps someone become a cat-themed hero.
Modern Usage
A fictional cheese-loving kwami and cat-themed superhero companion
Popularized by: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Notable References
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- Plagg, Claws Out!
Kin & Kindred
From 'plagg'·garment, cloth
Derived Terms
English words from this root
Sources
Urban Dictionary
Wiktionary