Where does “plan” come from?

plan (Dutch) comes from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plan (Dutch): A set of intended actions, through which one...

Definitions

  1. A set of intended actions, through which one...

Ancestry of “plan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplanplan; map; plane
2Frenchplainplane
3Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
4Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
5Proto-Italicplēnosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →