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Where does “بلاطة” come from?

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

بلاطة (Arabic): tile, flagstone, slab

Definitions

  1. tile, flagstone, slab

Ancestry of “بلاطة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَلَاط{{l|en|flagstone}}, {{l|en|pavement}}
2Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
3Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
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