Where does “deltaplano” come from?
deltaplano (Esperanto) comes from Italian deltaplano, from French deltaplane, from French plané, from French planer, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos — to fill.
deltaplano (Esperanto): hang glider
Definitions
- hang glider
Ancestry of “deltaplano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | deltaplano | hang glider |
| 2 | French | deltaplane | hang glider |
| 3 | French | plané | past participle of planer |
| 4 | French | planer | to glide, to hover; to be entranced, to be... |
| 5 | French | plain | plane |
| 6 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 7 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |