Where does “emplacement” come from?
emplacement (Dutch) comes from French emplacement, from French placement, from French placer, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
Ancestry of “emplacement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | emplacement | site, location |
| 2 | French | placement | placement |
| 3 | French | placer | to place; to seat |
| 4 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 5 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 6 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |