Where does “Platon” come from?
Platon (English) comes from French Platon, from Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
Ancestry of “Platon”, step by step
Platon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Platon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Platon | Plato Greek philosopher |
| 2 | Latin | Plato | Plato, a Greek philosopher |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Πλάτων | Plato |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Russian Платон
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Платон | Plato |