Where does “platvermo” come from?
platvermo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto plata, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
platvermo (Esperanto): flatworm
Definitions
- flatworm
Ancestry of “platvermo”, step by step
platvermo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto plata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | plata | flat |
| 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 |