Where does “platen” come from?
Platen comes from French platine, from French plat and the Latin diminutive suffix -inus, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek πλατύς meaning broad or flat.
platen (English): The part of a printing press which presses the...
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- The part of a printing press which presses the...
Ancestry of “platen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | platine | platinum; platter; turntable |
| 2 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 3 | Middle French | plat | flat |
| 4 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |