Where does “plastron” come from?
plastron (English) comes from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
plastron (English): The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a...
Definitions
- The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a...
Ancestry of “plastron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plastron | breastplate; plastron; chest pad; chest... |
| 2 | Italian | piastrone | plastron; slab |
| 3 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |