Where does “πλατύς” come from?

πλατύς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

πλατύς (Ancient Greek): wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered

Definitions

  1. wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered

Ancestry of “πλατύς”, step by step

πλατύς traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Proto-Hellenic *plətús

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*plətúswide, broad

Words derived from “πλατύς”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →