Where does “planes” come from?

planes (French) comes from French planer, 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.

planes (French): feminine plural of plan; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of plan; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “planes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplanerto glide, to hover; to be entranced, to be...
2Frenchplainplane
3Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
4Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
5Proto-Italicplēnosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →