Where does “platyspondylic” come from?
platyspondylic (English) comes from English platy, from English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
platyspondylic (English): short, wide vertebrae
Definitions
- short, wide vertebrae
Ancestry of “platyspondylic”, step by step
platyspondylic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English platy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | platy | Resembling plates; Of a field semy of plates;... |
| 2 | English | plate | A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which... |
| 3 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 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 |