Where does “plató” come from?
plató (Catalan) comes from French plateau, from French -eau, from Middle French -eau, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
plató (Catalan): stage; set
Definitions
- stage; set
Ancestry of “plató”, step by step
plató traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French plateau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plateau | flat area; tray; plateau |
| 2 | French | -eau | forming diminutive masculine nouns, especially... |
| 3 | Middle French | -eau | forms diminutives |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Latin Platonem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Platonem | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Πλάτων | Plato |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 5 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 6 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 8 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |