Where does “groundplan” come from?
groundplan (English) comes from English plan, 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.
groundplan (English): A diagram showing the physical layout of a set,...
Definitions
- A diagram showing the physical layout of a set,...
Ancestry of “groundplan”, step by step
groundplan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plan | A drawing showing technical details of a... |
| 2 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 3 | French | plain | plane |
| 4 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 5 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English ground
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ground | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky... |
| 2 | Middle English | ground | ground; Earth |
| 3 | Old English | grund | ground; bottom, foundation; abyss, depths |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grunduz | ground, foundation |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrem- | to be angry; to sound, bellow, growl, roar, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |