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Where does “desplaçament” come from?

desplaçament (Catalan) comes from Catalan desplaçar, from Catalan plaçar, from French placer, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.

desplaçament (Catalan): displacement; moving, move

Definitions

  1. displacement; moving, move

Ancestry of “desplaçament”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalandesplaçarto move, move away
2Catalanplaçar—
3Frenchplacerto place; to seat
4Frenchplaceplace, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;...
5Old Frenchplaceplace; location
6Latinplatēa—
7Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
8Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
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