Where does “plaça” come from?

plaça (Catalan) comes from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.

plaça (Catalan): plaza, square; seat, spot; a location where...

Definitions

  1. plaza, square; seat, spot; a location where...

Ancestry of “plaça”, step by step

plaça traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French plaque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplaquesheet, plate; slab; plaque
2Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
3Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
4Old Dutchplaggapatch
5Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch

via Latin platēa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplatēabroad way, street
2Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
3Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “plaça”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →