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Where does “Plano” come from?

Plano (English) comes from Spanish plano, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

Ancestry of “Plano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplanoplane, level; flat; plane
2Latinplānus—
3Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
4Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti—
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