Where does “piaghja” come from?

piaghja (Corsican) comes from Latin plagia, from Latin plāga — plague, misfortune.

piaghja (Corsican): plain

Definitions

  1. plain

Ancestry of “piaghja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplagiaslope, slant; beach; second-person singular...
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
Every word from Latin plāgaEvery word from Latin plagia