Where does “πλάτος” come from?
πλάτος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂os, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
πλάτος (Ancient Greek): breadth, width; celestial latitude, declination
Definitions
- breadth, width; celestial latitude, declination
Ancestry of “πλάτος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂os | breadth |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |