Where does “plane fright” come from?
plane fright (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.
plane fright (English): Fear of planes, especially fear of air-travel on planes
Definitions
- Fear of planes, especially fear of air-travel on planes
Ancestry of “plane fright”, step by step
plane fright traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plane | Of a surface: flat or level; A level or flat... |
| 2 | Middle English | plane | — |
| 3 | Old French | plane | — |
| 4 | Latin | platanus | planetree, sycamore |
| 5 | Greek | πλάτανος | plane tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλάτανος | planetree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via English fright
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fright | A state of terror excited by the sudden... |
| 2 | Middle English | fright | Alternative form of frith; A fright or scare |
| 3 | Old English | fryhtu | Alternative form of fyrhtu: fright |
| 4 | Old English | fyrhtu | fright |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | furhtī | fright, fear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furhtį̄ | fear, fright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perǵ- | — |