Where does “pla” come from?
pla (Catalan) comes from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
pla (Catalan): flat, even, level; paroxytone, stressed on the...
Definitions
- flat, even, level; paroxytone, stressed on the...
Ancestry of “pla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 2 | French | plain | plane |
| 3 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 4 | Latin | plēnus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |