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Where does “plage” come from?

plage (English) comes from French plage, from Middle French plage, from Italian piaggia, from Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plage (English): a region; country; a bright region in the...

Definitions

  1. a region; country; a bright region in the...

Ancestry of “plage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplagebeach; range
2Middle Frenchplage—
3Italianpiaggiastretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of...
4Medieval Latinplagia—
5Latinplāga—
6Latinplagius—
7Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
8Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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