Where does “plaçar” come from?
plaçar (Catalan) comes from French placer, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
plaçar (Catalan): to place
Definitions
- to place
Ancestry of “plaçar”, step by step
plaçar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French placer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | placer | to place; to seat |
| 2 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 3 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 4 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via French plaquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plaquer | to plate; To tackle; To grapple |
| 2 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 5 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |