Where does “pleinvrees” come from?

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

pleinvrees (Dutch): agoraphobia

Definitions

  1. agoraphobia

Ancestry of “pleinvrees”, step by step

pleinvrees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch plein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpleinsquare, plaza
2Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
3Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
4Proto-Italicplēnosfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Dutch vrees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvreesfear, apprehension, angst
2Middle Dutchvrêse—
3Old Dutchfrēsademise
4Proto-West Germanic*fraisu—
5Proto-Germanicfraisōdanger, peril, risk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →