Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “aplanir” come from?

aplanir (French) comes from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

aplanir (French): to level, even out

Definitions

  1. to level, even out

Ancestry of “aplanir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplanplan; map; plane
2Frenchplainplane
3Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
4Latinplēnus—
5Proto-Italicplēnosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “aplanir”

  • aplanissement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →