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
- feminine plural of plan; second-person singular...
Ancestry of “planes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | planer | to glide, to hover; to be entranced, to be... |
| 2 | French | plain | plane |
| 3 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 4 | Latin | plēnus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |