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
- displacement; moving, move
Ancestry of “desplaçament”, step by step
desplaçament traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan desplaçar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | desplaçar | to move, move away |
| 2 | Catalan | plaçar | to place |
| 3 | French | placer | to place; to seat |
| 4 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 5 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 6 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |