Where does “enplanement” come from?
enplanement (English) comes from English enplane, from English plane, from Middle English plane, from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Greek πλάτανος, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
enplanement (English): The act or process of boarding an aircraft
Definitions
- The act or process of boarding an aircraft
Ancestry of “enplanement”, step by step
enplanement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enplane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enplane | to board an airplane |
| 2 | English | plane | Of a surface: flat or level; A level or flat... |
| 3 | Middle English | plane | — |
| 4 | Old French | plane | — |
| 5 | Latin | platanus | planetree, sycamore |
| 6 | Greek | πλάτανος | plane tree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλάτανος | planetree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |