## Meanings
1. The main events and story of a book, film, or play.
2. A secret plan to do something bad or illegal.
3. To plan something bad or illegal in secret.
4. A small piece of land used for a particular purpose.

## Examples
- The characters were well drawn, but the plot was dull.
- They concocted a plot to discredit the governor.
- They plotted to overthrow the government.
- They bought a small plot to grow vegetables.

## Synonyms
- lot

## Derived Forms
- addle-plot
- applot
- bagplot
- barplot
- beanplot
- bioplot
- biplot
- blobplot
- by-plot
- coplot
- counterplot
- dotplot

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plot
- Root: *plataz

## Etymology
From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of noun sense 5. Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

## AI Etymology
Plot comes from Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of noun sense 5. Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot. In present-day English it covers the main events and story of a book, film, or play, a secret plan to do something bad or illegal, and to plan something bad or illegal in secret. The wider family includes derived forms such as addle-plot, applot, bagplot, barplot, beanplot.

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